On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:24:56 -0700, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> said: > >Can't we qualify this kind of stuff via an attribute switch? > > Sure, if that's what people want to do. But given that: <...good arguments about the difficulties of this issue...> > I think that you WILL see things like "c. 1657". And much, much worse. True enough. I just think MODS ought not to enforce this sort of thing for creation of new records. I remember there was a specific recommendation for dealing with dates awhile back that might be good to come back to, and also apply to names. Bruce -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...