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Table 2 - Aggregate use of date and coverage elements

All Data Providers (38)

Number of institutions using date field

Percentage of providers using date field

Number of institutions using coverage field

Percentage of institutions using coverage field

Any temporal information

36

95%

6

16%

Item creation/publication/copyright

33

87%

1

3%

Item digitization

3

8%

0

0%

Item collected

1

3%

0

0%

Metadata created

3

8%

0

0%

Temporal coverage

3

8%

5

13%

Dublin Core done by data providers (25)

Number of institutions using date field

Percentage of providers using date field

Number of institutions using coverage field

Percentage of institutions using coverage field

Any temporal information

23

92%

4

16%

Item creation/publication/copyright

20

80%

1

4%

Item digitization

3

12%

0

0%

Item collected

1

4%

0

0%

Metadata created

3

12%

0

0%

Temporal coverage

1

4%

4

16%

Dublin Core done by UIUC (13)

Number of institutions using date field

Percentage of providers using date field

Number of institutions using coverage field

Percentage of institutions using coverage field

Any temporal information

13

100%

2

15%

Item creation/publication/copyright

13

100%

0

0%

Item digitization

0

0%

0

0%

Item collected

0

0%

0

0%

Metadata created

1

8%

0

0%

Temporal coverage

1

8%

2

15%

Back to coverage and date normalization paper

Posted 7-22-02
Sarah Shreeves