Date of publication

Definition: The date on which the resource was published/created, if given. (FAILTE)
Obligation: Optional
Type of element: Restricted format

Entry guidelines

The date of publication of the version of the resource being catalogued will be recorded. The date of publication may be recorded in metadata for the web site; it may appear as a launch date for a web site; or it may not appear at all, in which case this element will remain empty.

The date will be recorded in the ISO 8601 format, e.g. 1982-08-13. If the day and/or month are not given, these shall be expressed as two zeros, e.g. 1982-00-00 or 1982-08-00. The time need not be recorded for FAILTE purposes.