The Problem with Dates: Applying ISO 8601 to Research Data Management

Dates appear regularly in research data and metadata but are a problematic data type to normalize due to a variety of potential formats. This suggests an opportunity for data librarians to assist with formatting dates, yet there are frequent examples of data librarians using diverse strategies for t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kristin A Briney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of eScience Librarianship
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Online Access: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol7/iss2/7