Standards for Date and Language?

[Isaak, David C]

Hello,

 

I did not receive any responses on DSpace-Gen, so I thought I would repeat my two metadata questions here:

 

First, for dc.language.iso, is it better to use ISO 639-1 or ISO 636-2? The vast majority of the documents I am describing are in English with other languages represented rarely.

 

Second, for dc.date.issued, is there a best practice for formatting dates? As I have been harvesting most of my metadata from PubMed records, I had been using the MEDLINE format (4-digit year, a 3-character abbreviated month, and a 1 or 2-digit day). Is there an advantage to using ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)? Will the format affect using the date as a facet in Discovery?

 

Sincerely,

David

 

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David Isaak, MSLIS

Digital Projects Librarian

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

3800 N. Interstate Ave. Portland, OR 97227

503.335.2437 (tie-line 60-2437)

 

 

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[Mark Diggory-4]

David,

I've responded to your email in general.

Cheers,

Mark

On Monday, February 13, 2012, Isaak, David C wrote:

Hello,

 

I did not receive any responses on DSpace-Gen, so I thought I would repeat my two metadata questions here:

 

First, for dc.language.iso, is it better to use ISO 639-1 or ISO 636-2? The vast majority of the documents I am describing are in English with other languages represented rarely.

 

Second, for dc.date.issued, is there a best practice for formatting dates? As I have been harvesting most of my metadata from PubMed records, I had been using the MEDLINE format (4-digit year, a 3-character abbreviated month, and a 1 or 2-digit day). Is there an advantage to using ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)? Will the format affect using the date as a facet in Discovery?

 

Sincerely,

David

 

________________________________

David Isaak, MSLIS

Digital Projects Librarian

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

3800 N. Interstate Ave. Portland, OR 97227

<a href="tel:[phone]" value="[phone]" target="_blank">503.335.2437 (tie-line 60-2437)

 

 

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