date

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date

Date attribute must be based on ISO 8601; see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime or DateTime.htm. If the date is a range, by default the date attribute is the start date of the range (see below).

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#REQUIRED

dateend

If the date is a range e.g. 1-2 October 2001, the date would be tagged as follows:
<date date="2001-10-01" dateend="2001-10-02" type="event">1-2 October 2001</date>

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#IMPLIED

type

Allowable type attributes:

ValueExplanation
embargothe date on which an embargo is lifted e.g. for a press release
eventthe date on which an event takes place
publication_printthe date an article was first published print
publication_print_ukUK-specific print publication date
publication_print_usUS-specific print publication date
publication_onlinethe date an article was first published online

A list of all elements which have type attributes is available here.

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#IMPLIED
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Created: Tue Dec 23 14:02:01 2003