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DATE OF BIRTH - Humanities

Field label
DATE OF BIRTH
Field mnemonic
DOB
Field name
  • Date of Birth of Computer Record
  • Date de l'enregistrement
Field definition
This field contains the date the document was created in the museum's collections management system.
Heading
SYSTEM 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
The Date of Birth is entered automatically by the computer system for each document as it is created, and should not be directly modified by the user. The date format is YYYYMMDD.
Cataloguers rules
See also, Date of Change (DOC).
Data type
integer
Examples
  • 19820103
  • 19831104
  • 20000430
  • 19820103
  • 20000204
Source
  • CHIN
Field label (French)
DATE DE L'ENREGISTREMENT
Field mnemonic (French)
DOB

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