.. _dci:publicationYear:

Publication Year (M, 1)
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``datacite:date``

The year when the data was or will be made publicly available. In the case of datasets, "publish" is understood to mean making the data available on a specific date to the community of researchers.

*Allowed values, other constraints:*

* Format should be ``YYYY`` [four-digit year].
* If an embargo period is or has been in effect, use the date when the embargo period ends.
* If there is no standard publication year value, use the date that would be preferred from a citation perspective.
* In the case of resources such as software or dynamic data where there may be multiple releases in one year, include the date/dateType/dateInformation property and sub-properties to provide more information about the publication or release date details.

Property publicationYear (M, 1)
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Examples
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.. code-block:: xml
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**Do Not Confuse With**


**DataCite v4.3 Differentiation**


**OpenAIRE Data Guidelines v2 Differentiation**
   

.. _DataCite MetadataKernel: http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/