Date:         Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:56:04 -0400
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From:         "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Date accessed
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I think the discussion of date accessed has mixed together the following:

(1) The last time someone viewed the resource. (An indication of how much
interest there is. If the date is a year ago, not much interest. If it's one
minute ago, more interest.)
(2)  The last time that someone responsible for the resource said it was up
to date.
(3)The time when this resource becomes (or became) valid. Like a train
schedule.
(4) The last time it was accessed by a specific url.

Now I think that Rebecca had (1) in mind, but that Bruce thought it was (2)
and suggested that that was really "date valid" which we already have, to
which Rebecca responded "no, date valid is (3)".  And I think that (4) is
extraneous to the discussion and just adds un-necessary complexity.

Aside from my editorializing about (4), is my interpretation of this
discussion (roughly) accurate?

--Ray


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