Re: PublicationEvent for quarterlies and other odd cases

I would suggest that datePublished is probably the best place to put the
date of publication: YYYY or YYY-MM etc. (2015 or 2015-04).

As to cover date, my inclination is to see that more as a name or
alternateName, or maybe even a short description, which handle all sorts of
variations: "The Obscure Journal - Spring 2014 Issue",  "The Obscure
Journal: May-October 2012".  As these would be described as
PublicationIssue(s), perhaps with an exampleOfWork link to a Periodical
description, such names would make sense.

~Richard.

Richard Wallis
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On 7 October 2015 at 07:09, <hha1@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
>   Looking at the PublicationIssue and PublicationEvent, I'm confused as to
> where to put the cover date and how to represent dates that don't map
> directly to the ISO format.  Quarterlies are the most obvious, but
> bi-monthlies and semi-monthlies are other examples.  I'm also confused as
> to whether this should be in "datePublished" (as a date) or "publication"
> (as a PublicationEvent, which could indicate a quarter by giving a
> startDate and endDate of the relevant months, perhaps?).
>
>   I don't see an example of anything other than a fully specified date- is
> there a more comprehensive set of date examples somewhere?  Defining a
> PublicationEvent that spans the whole time designated by the cover date
> seems to be the most flexible option, but perhaps that is stretching the
> concept of "Event" too far.
>
>   "releasedEvent" seems like the clear home for the actual release
> date(s), which are easier as they are full dates.
>
> thanks,
> -henry
>