Maybe reformulate the sentences using the date field for some ARs such as composition. For example: "composed between xxxx and yyyy"
But this would not solve the other issues. I think we need another field here to choose the correct formulation. This field could have the values: "from xxxx to present" / "in/on xxxx" / "circa xxxx" / "after xxxx" / "between xxxx and yyyy" / "until yyyy" / "before yyyy" the relevant value list would depend on the AR. I guess this field is needed because as long as we don't have it, we can't distinguish between "in/on xxxx", "circa xxxx" and "after xxxx". 2011/5/19 Nikki <aei...@gmail.com> > I don't understand what you're proposing here... > > caramel wrote: > > I thought that date field was first created for artists' birth and dead > > dates. Same field is used to date an event (composition, recording,...). > > > > This field is designed for duration (from Day1 to Day2). Exclusively. If > you > > want to enter a composition date, except exceptional cases, we don't know > > the day of the first note and the day of the last bar. Normally, we only > > know the year. Actually, we have to enter the same year in both field... > > meaning from YYYY to YYYY. > > > > For recordings, we could know the day, or the month of the year... > > > > For old compositions, it's more difficult to know exactly the composition > > year. Same as genealogy where we use ca. (*circa* or about), bef. > (before) > > and aft. (after). > > > > If I enter only the second date for a composition... it is written > "composed > > until YYYY" instead of before YYYY. > > If I enter only the first date... "composed from YYYY to present" instead > of > > after YYYY. > > and obviously no way to indicate YYY1 or YYY2, or ca. YYYY > > > > It is minor... but sources of open discussions in edits. > -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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