Date:         Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:01:44 -0500
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From:         "Rebecca S. Guenther" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: genres and governments records
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This is a different point and has nothing to do semantically with
dcterms:point. The latter has to do with geographic coverage. The MODS one
has to do with the beginning and ending of dates.

Rebecca

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Houghton,Andrew wrote:

> > From: Andrew E Switala [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Subject: Re: [MODS] genres and governments records
> >
> > * encoding, point, and qualifier attributes on date types
> >     The point and qualifier attributes seem to cover all bases.  Can't
> > comment on encoding.  There are certainly numerous ways to code temperal
> > information (Mayan calendar, anyone?) but is the most part of them
> > identifiable with a URI?
>
> How about dcterms:Point known by the URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/Point
>
>
> Andy. (the other one)
>