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Thanks for asking for clarification.
I had initially meant using the "normal" attribute, but I
would appreciate thoughts on the former as well. I see that our legacy finding
aids have dates in a variety of formats, and many <unitdates> aren't even
defined as such. I would prefer not to hold off publishing our EADs until all
this is fixed, unless I'd be running some serious risks.
Deena M. Schwimmer, Associate Archivist
NY 10033
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960-5451 / fax: (212) 960-0066
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Subject: Re: Normalization of Dates
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.
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Michele R. Combs
Librarian for Manuscripts and Archives Processing
222 Waverly Avenue
(315) 443-9758
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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
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