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El 08/06/2012 19:33, Ethan Gruber escribió:
> Hi Holly,
>
> BC dates can be represented as negative numbers according to ISO 
> 8601.  The text node of unitdate can have anything in it, so your last 
> example is what I would recommend doing (2000-2010 is misleading when 
> you actually mean 2000 BC).  The era attribute is probably 
> unnecessary.  Keep in mind that years have to be four digits, so 300 
> BC needs to be -0300 in the @normal.
>
> Ethan
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Holly Deakyne <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     My date range is from 2000BCE-2010CE. I'm using a form to create the
>     XML, but this form does not support BCE dates so it has to be edited
>     by hand.
>
>
>     This is what the XML looks like now:
>
>     <unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates:" encodinganalog="245$f"
>     normal="2000/2010" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">2000-2010</unitdate>
>
>
>
>     Would I do this?
>
>     <unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates:" encodinganalog="245$f"
>     normal="2000/2010" era="bce/ce"
>     calendar="gregorian">2000-2010</unitdate>
>
>
>     Or also add a negative:
>
>     <unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates:" encodinganalog="245$f"
>     normal="-2000/2010" era="bce/ce"
>     calendar="gregorian">2000-2010</unitdate>
>
>
>     Could I add to the text:
>
>     <unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates:" encodinganalog="245$f"
>     normal="-2000/2010" era="bce/ce" calendar="gregorian">2000 BCE-2010
>     CE</unitdate>
>
>
>
>
>     Mostly I think the era is wrong. How would I state this? Break it up
>     into two somehow?
>
>
>     thank you,
>     Holly Deakyne
>
>