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National Library of New Zealand Policy Statements for: Timespan

Prerecording

Minimum description

Effective description

Option

Apply.

Entity boundary

Recording

Dates

Option

Apply.

Option

Apply.

Option

Apply.

Option

Apply.

Condition Option

Apply.

Condition Option

Apply.

Condition Option

Apply.

Condition Option

Apply.

Condition Option

Apply.

Dates in the Gregorian or Julian calendar

Option

Apply.

Option

Do not apply.

Option

Apply.

Option

Do not apply.

Option

Do not apply.

Option

Do not apply.

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Elements

  • access point for timespan
  • appellation of timespan
  • authorized access point for timespan
  • beginning
  • beginning of
  • category of timespan
  • copyright date of
  • date of birth of
  • date of capture of
  • date of capture of representative expression of
  • date of conference of
  • date of death of
  • date of distribution of
  • date of establishment of
  • date of expression of
  • date of manifestation of
  • date of manufacture of
  • date of production of
  • date of publication of
  • date of representative expression of
  • date of termination of
  • date of usage of
  • date of work of
  • ending
  • ending of
  • epoch of
  • equinox of
  • identifier for timespan
  • name of timespan
  • note on timespan
  • part of timespan
  • part timespan
  • period of activity of agent of
  • period of activity of collective agent of
  • period of activity of corporate body of
  • period of activity of family of
  • period of activity of person of
  • preferred name of timespan
  • related agent of timespan
  • related collective agent of timespan
  • related corporate body of timespan
  • related entity of timespan
  • related expression of timespan
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  • related item of timespan
  • related manifestation of timespan
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  • related person of timespan
  • related place of timespan
  • related RDA entity of timespan
  • related timespan of timespan
  • related work of timespan
  • subject timespan of
  • timespan described by
  • timespan described with metadata by
  • variant access point for timespan
  • variant name of timespan
  • year degree granted of

Document Date: 2026/01/27
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-6d3ab422-ca8d-3a38-8086-ca9066a19198

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