Date ranges in profile metadata
Capture date ranges in metaItemwith predicate="dates" with each ISO 8601 date in metaDescribes with predicate="isoStart" indicating the start of the range and/or predicate="isoEnd" indicating the end of the range.
metaItem[@about="dates"] metaItem/metaDescribes[@predicate="isoStart"] metaItem/metaDescribes[@predicate="isoEnd"]
Use about="dates" for the containing metaItem unless instructed otherwise. Capture metaDescribes predicate='isoStart' for the beginning of the range and metaDescribes predicate='isoEnd' for the end of the range
Do not capture start or end dates that are unspecified.
Where the accuracy of a start date or an end date is itself expressed as a range, instead of metaDescribes with predicate='isoStart' or predicate='isoEnd' capture the date range using metaItem with about='isoStart' or about='isoEnd'. Within metaItem about='isoStart' or about='isoEnd' capture metaDescribes predicate='isoStart' for the beginning of the range and metaDescribes predicate='isoEnd' for the end of the range.
A residency date range
<metaItem about="residences">
<metaItem about="residence"><metaItem about="dates">
<metaDescribes predicate="isoStart">1966</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="isoEnd">2001</metaDescribes></metaItem><metaItem about="place">
<metaDescribes predicate="street">Bell's Castle</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="parish">Kemerton</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="town">Tewkesbury</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="county">Gloucestershire</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="country">England</metaDescribes></metaItem>
</metaItem>
</metaItem>
A date range with an unspecified end date
<metaItem about="education">
<!-- Other education metadata -->
<metaItem about="professional"><metaDescribes predicate="subject">art</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="date">1945</metaDescribes><metaItem about="place">
<metaDescribes predicate="institution">Camberwell School of Arts and
Crafts</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="town">Camberwell</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="county">London</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="country">England</metaDescribes></metaItem>
</metaItem>
</metaItem>
A date with an accuracy range in a death life event
<metaItem about="death">
<metaDescribes predicate="date">2008-04-24</metaDescribes>
<metaItem about="place"><metaDescribes predicate="institution">Barnet General Hospital</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="town">Barnet</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="county">London</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="country">England</metaDescribes>
</metaItem>
<metaDescribes predicate="source">d. cert.</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="death_cause">disease or condition</metaDescribes>
<metaDescribes predicate="death_details">ischaemic gut, acute abdominal aortic aneurysm,
renal failure, atrial fibrillation</metaDescribes>
<metaItem about="wealth"><metaDescribes predicate="amount">£541,219, gross; £534,728, net</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="descriptor">68 acres of land, a house, a
windmill</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="action">resworn administration</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="source">probate</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="date">2001-06-07</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="sourceAnnotation">CGPLA Eng. & Wales</metaDescribes>
</metaItem>
</metaItem>
A date range with an accuracy range for the start date
<metaItem about="dates">
<metaItem about="isoStart"><metaDescribes predicate="isoStart">1890</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="isoEnd">1899</metaDescribes>
</metaItem>
<metaDescribes predicate="isoEnd">1920</metaDescribes>
</metaItem>