Section 9 : Time Period Information Element: Time Period Information Section: 9 Description: information about the date and time of an event. (Note: this section provides a means of stating temporal information, and is used by other sections of the metadata standard. This section is never used alone.) Element: Single Date/Time Section: 9.1 Description: means of encoding a single date and time. Element: Calendar Date Section: 9.1.1 Description: the year (and optionally month, or month and day). Type: date Domain: "Unknown" free date Element: Time of Day Section: 9.1.2 Description: the hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day. Type: time Domain: "Unknown" free time Element: Multiple Dates/Times Section: 9.2 Description: means of encoding multiple individual dates and times. Element: Range of Dates/Times Section: 9.3 Description: means of encoding a range of dates and times. Element: Beginning Date Section: 9.3.1 Description: the first year (and optionally month, or month and day) of the event. Type: date Domain: "Unknown" free date Element: Beginning Time Section: 9.3.2 Description: the first hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day for the event. Type: time Domain: "Unknown" free time Element: Ending Date Section: 9.3.3 Description: the last year (and optionally month, or month and day) for the event. Type: date Domain: "Unknown" "Present" free date Element: Ending Time Section: 9.3.4 Description: the last hour (and optionally minute, or minute and second) of the day for the event. Type: time Domain: "Unknown" free time