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====Measurements and dates==== | ====Measurements and dates==== | ||
*'''eventDate''': put dates in [http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime ISO 8601] format, i.e., YYYY-MM-DD, e.g., 2014-06-22. The critical element in this date is a four character year. e.g., http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#eventDate. If you have any legitimate parts of the eventDate field, parse them out into the numeric individual 'day', 'month' and 'year' fields. | *'''eventDate''': put dates in [http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime ISO 8601] format, i.e., YYYY-MM-DD, e.g., 2014-06-22. The critical element in this date is a four character year. e.g., http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#eventDate. If you have any legitimate parts of the eventDate field, parse them out into the numeric individual ''day'', ''month'' and ''year'' fields. | ||
*'''Meters''': put elevation in METERS units in the elevation field without the units (e.g., the fields ''dwc:minimumElevationInMeters'' and ''dwc:maximumElevationInMeters'' already assume the numeric values are in meters, do not include the units with the data). | *'''Meters''': put elevation in METERS units in the elevation field without the units (e.g., the fields ''dwc:minimumElevationInMeters'' and ''dwc:maximumElevationInMeters'' already assume the numeric values are in meters, do not include the units with the data). | ||