SOURCE BIRTH DATE - Humanities
- Field label
- SOURCE BIRTH DATE
- Field mnemonic
- SRBD
- Field name
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- Source Birth Date
- Date de naissance de la source
- Field definition
- This field indicates the date of birth of the source.
- Heading
- SOURCE 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. 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". A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- 1950
- 1950 c
- c 1950
- 1940's
- 1935-08-29
- 19350829
- 1928-2000
- unknown
- 19561101
- 19561101 AN
- 19560000 ?
- 19561101 PO
- 20000101 C
- inconnu
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Field label (French)
- DATE DE NAISSANCE DE LA SOURCE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- DNSO
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