I believe that's when the subject authority file was converted to the
MARC format. The date comes from the 008 field in the MARC record.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Montibello, Joseph P.
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 15:03
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] LCSH rdf question
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick one - the rdf file I've just downloaded from id.loc.gov
> includes this line in many of the records (or whatever you call them):
>
> <dcterms:created
> rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">1986-02-
> 11T00:0
> 0:00-04:00</dcterms:created>
>
> This line is in 84000 out of about 243000 records. Is this some sort
> of
> epochal beginning? Just curious as to what might have been going on
> back
> in '86.
>
Received on Fri Nov 13 2009 - 15:31:52 EST