I agree. Another option is to omit the punctuation altogether when
dealing with non-narrative content, then let stylesheets handle the
style according to the intended use.
Cheers,
Brian
On December 7, at 11:26 AM, John Harrison wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 15:18 +0000, Michele R Combs wrote:
>
>> Yep, it is pretty easy -- you just use two unitdate elements, like
>> so:
>>
>> <unitdate normal="1963">1963, </unitdate>
>> <unitdate normal="1968">1968</unitdate>
>
> It would probably be better for interoperability/re-use purposes if
> punctuation went between the unitdate tags rather than inside them,
> thus:
> <unitdate normal="1963">1963</unitdate>, <unitdate
> normal="1968">1968</unitdate>
>
> All the best,
> John
>
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>> Also, just an FYI, normally the unitdate goes OUTSIDE the
>> unittitle, like so:
>>
>> <unittitle>Condolences</unittitle>
>> <unitdate normal="1963">1963, </unitdate>
>> <unitdate normal="1968">1968</unitdate>
>>
>> The exception would be when the date IS the title, for example:
>>
>> <c02><did><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle></did>
>> <c03><did><unittitle><unitdate normal="1960/1969">1960-1969</
>> unitdate></unittitle><container type="Box">3</container></did></c03>
>> <c03><did><unittitle><unitdate normal="1970/1979">1970-1979</
>> unitdate></unittitle><container type="Box">4</container></did></c03>
>> </c02>
>>
>> Michele
>>
>> From: Encoded Archival Description List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ashley Howdeshell
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:45 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Date Encoding Question
>>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> I have a quick (and probably simple) question. How do I properly
>> encode for dates that are not a span? Example:
>> <unittitle>Condolences, <unitdate normal="??????"></unitdate>1963,
>> 1968</unittitle> Thank you!!
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Ashley
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashley Howdeshell
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>> Loyola University Chicago
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