- Time Period Information -- information about the date and time of an event. (Note: this section provides a means of stating temporal information, and is used by other sections of the metadata standard. This section is never used alone.)
- Type: compound
- Short Name: timeinfo
- Time_Period_Information =
- [Single_Date/Time |
- Multiple_Dates/Times |
- Range_of_Dates/Times ]
- Single_Date/Time =
- Calendar_Date +
- (Time_of_Day)
- Multiple_Dates/Times =
- 2{Single_Date/Time}n
- Range_of_Dates/Times =
- Beginning_Date +
- (Beginning_Time) +
- Ending_Date +
- (Ending_Time)
- 9.1 Single Date/Time -- means of encoding a single date and time.
- Type: compound
- Short Name: sngdate
- 9.1.1 Calendar Date -- the year (and optionally month, or month and day).
- Type: date
- Domain: "Unknown" free date
- Short Name: caldate
- 9.1.2 Time of Day -- the hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day.
- Type: time
- Domain: "Unknown" free time
- Short Name: time
- 9.2 Multiple Dates/Times -- means of encoding multiple individual dates and times.
- Type: compound
- Short Name: mdattim
- 9.3 Range of Dates/Times -- means of encoding a range of dates and times.
- Type: compound
- Short Name: rngdates
- 9.3.1 Beginning Date -- the first year (and optionally month, or month and day) of the event.
- Type: date
- Domain: "Unknown" free date
- Short Name: begdate
- 9.3.2 Beginning Time -- the first hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day for the event.
- Type: time
- Domain: "Unknown" free time
- Short Name: begtime
- 9.3.3 Ending Date -- the last year (and optionally month, or month and day) for the event.
- Type: date
- Domain: "Unknown" "Present" free date
- Short Name: enddate
- 9.3.4 Ending Time -- the last hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day for the event.
- Type: time
- Domain: "Unknown" free time
- Short Name: endtime
