Oxford University Press Text Capture Instructions

citeGrp/bibItem[1]/@date

The date attribute should generally be taken from the first available date in the following list:

• Date amended
• Date adopted
• Date entered into force
• Date promulgated
• Date published
• Date ratified
• Date signed

For treaties, the date attribute of the bibItem should be taken from the content of the Date Signed field (capture the year only). The Citations field may contain a different date (e.g. of entry into force), which is not the appropriate date.