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Appendix B1. Datable Elements


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Appendix B1.1. acquisition,binding,custEvent,origDate,origin, andprovenance

If the elements <acquisition>, <binding>, <custEvent>, <origDate>, <origin>, or <provenance> refer to a datable event or feature, the attributes and should be used to mark the beginning and end of the date range referred to: their values should contain a date in the ANSI (yyyy-mm-dd) format. For example:-

<origDate notBefore="1695-01-01"
notAfter="1695-12-31">1695</origDate>

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