[osis-core] Inconsistent use of type on date

Steven J. DeRose osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:25:23 -0400


At 11:06 AM -0400 9/16/03, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>Steve,
>
>Steven J. DeRose wrote:
>>Someone in the tutorial noticed that we use 'type' inconsistently on <date>.
>>
>>In work, we document type as being one of first publication, source 
>>publication, source printing/imprint, and revdate of the electronic 
>>edition.
>>
>
>How would you feel about:
>
>dateType (our present chinese/gregorian)
>
>type (whatever, not enumerated)
>
>Problem is my suggestion is not backwards compatible.
>
>Comments?
>
>Hope you are having a great day!
>
>Patrick

How about "event" for the publication/.... stuff, and leave "type" 
for the calendar?

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Steve DeRose -- http://www.derose.net
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