Clarification: when you say "normalizing" do you mean "changing the way
the date is written to be in a consistent format" or do you mean "using
the normal attribute in the unitdate element" ?

Michele C.

-=|=--=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=--
Michele R. Combs
Librarian for Manuscripts and Archives Processing
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Library
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-9758
-=|=--=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=---=|=--

>>> [log in to unmask] 7/9/2007 4:00:01 PM >>>
  I would appreciate thoughts on risks of not normalizing the dates of
legacy EADs before publishing them, at least in the short term, while we
don't have a facility to search across them.
Thanks in advance,
Deena Schwimmer
________________
Deena M. Schwimmer, Associate Archivist
Yeshiva University Archives / 500 W. 185th St. / 6th Floor / New York,
NY 10033
email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> / phone: (212)
960-5451 / fax: (212) 960-0066