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  Arabic NACO Manual
Arabic NACO Manual
 046 field

The Arabic NACO Funnel strongly encourages the use of the 046 field. Dates should be provided following the ISO 8601 scheme when possible. There is no need to provide a |2 for the source when this scheme is used.

category RDA presentation for use in hdg. ISO 8601 coding in 046
single year 1964 1964
year/month/day 1964 June 27 19640627
early A.D. date 65 A.D. 0065
B.C. date 361 B.C. -0360
century 20th century 19
year/month 1932 April 1932-04

Dates which cannot be coded using the ISO standard are provided using the edtf standard.When this scheme is used, add "|2 edtf" to the end of the 046. Note that you may not mix different encoding schemes within a single 046 field.

category RDA presentation for use in hdg. edtf coding in 046
probable date 1816? 1816?
approximate date approximately 931 0931~
known to be one of two years 1666 or 1667 [1666,1667]

Examples

dates for a person 046 field
1902-1995 046 |f 1902 |g 1995
1930- 046 |f 1930
1243 or 1244-1367

046 |f [1243,1244] |2 edtf
046 |g 1367

-1532 or 1533 046 |g [1532,1533] |2 edtf
approximately 921-approximately 1012 046 |f 0921~ |g 1012~ |2 edtf
active 12th century 046 |s 11

 

dates associated with a corporate body 046 field
founded 1932 046 |s 1932
conference held 12-15 August, 2012 046 |s 20120812 |t 20120815

 

dates associated with a Work/Expression 046 field
beginning date created 1999 046 |k 1999
Ending date created 2013   046 |l 2013