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Date (metadata)
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In metadata, the term date[1] is a representation term used to specify a calendar date in the Gregorian calendar. Many data representation standards such as XML, XML Schema, Web Ontology Language specify that ISO date format ISO 8601 should be used.
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Note that Date should not be confused with the DateAndTime representation term which requires that both the date and time to be supplied.
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