| Name | Metadata date |
| Definition | Date which specifies when the metadata record was created or updated. |
| Obligation |
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| Multiplicity | [1] |
| Example | 2005-03-27 |
| This metadata element specifies the date when the metadata was last updated or when it was confirmed that the metadata was up to date or if the data was not updated, the date when it was created. The date is specified with values for the year, month and day in the format specified in the ISO 8601 standard. It is documented using the gmd:dateStamp element. | |
Technical data
| INSPIRE equivalent | Metadata date |
| Comparison with INSPIRE | equivalent |
| ISO equivalent | [9] dateStamp |
| Comparison with ISO | equivalent |
| XPath | dateStamp |
| Data type | Date |
| Domain | Date [ISO 8601] |
| Implementation instructions | Date encoding is a string whose format is specified in ISO 8601. This class is documented in u ISO/TS 19103. |
Encoding example
| <gmd:MD_Metadata... ... <gmd:dateStamp> <gco:Date>2005-03-27</gco:Date> </gmd:dateStamp> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata> |