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Temporal Coverage

Label Temporal Coverage
URI dct_temporal_sm
Obligation Suggested
Multivalued true
Field type array of strings
Purpose To provide the user with a free text description of the time period or ranges of what is depicted in the resource
Entry Guidelines This is a text string and can indicate uncertainty.
Commentary Since this field is multi-valued, multiple strings can be used to indicate the time period the resource depicts, when the data was collected, and/or when the resources was created.
Controlled Vocabulary no
Example value ["1980-1995", "Late 20th century"]
Element Set DCMI
Group Temporal