ARTIST BIRTH DATE - Humanities
- Field label
- ARTIST BIRTH DATE
- Field mnemonic
- ARBD
- Field name
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- Artist/Maker/Designer Birth Date
- Date de naissance de l'artiste, de l'artisan ou du concepteur
- Field definition
- This field contains the date of birth of the artist, maker or designer.
- Heading
- ARTIST, MANUFACTURER, MERCHANT FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter a numeric date. Where there is more than one date, enter in the same order as Artist/Maker (AR). Always record the date in YYYYMMDD order (always give all four digits of the year). Dates can be qualified by adding one of the following attributes: circa (C), prior to (P), later than (L), decade ('s), between (-) and uncertain (?). Attributes should be separated from the date with a space, except for decade ('s) and between (-). Dates can also be described as "unknown". BC dates should be expressed as negative integers. A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, other Artist/Maker/Designer fields with mnemonics prefixed by 'AR'.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- 1950
- 1950 c
- c 1950
- 100 BC
- 1940's
- 1935-08-29
- 19350829
- 1928-1945
- unknown
- 19561101
- 19561101 AN
- 19560000 ?
- 19561101 PO
- 20000101 C
- inconnu
- Discipline
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- Art
- Source
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- Fine and Decorative Arts Task Force
- Field label (French)
- DATE DE NAISSANCE DE L'ARTISTE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- DNAR
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