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<access-date> Access Date for Cited Work (deprecated)

Date on which cited material was examined, particularly useful for citing resources such as databases that may use a time signature to identify different versions. This element is deprecated.

Usage/Remarks

The <access-date> element is deprecated and has been replaced by the <date-in-citation> element with a @content-type attribute value “access-date” that records the date on which the cited work was examined.
Some online resources are changing so quickly that a citation to the resource is not complete without the date on which the cited resource was examined, since a day before or a day later, the relevant material might be different. The <date-in-citation> element should be used to record such information inside <mixed-citation> and <element-citation> elements.
This element is an artifact, now used only within the <nlm-citation> element, which is deprecated. Use of this element is therefore also deprecated. In all other cases, this element has been retained only for backward compatibility.
Related Elements
Use <date-in-citation> to record information such as an access dates and time stamps inside an <element-citation> or <mixed-citation>.
Attributes
calendar
content-type
iso-8601-date
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<nlm-citation>
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  access-date  (#PCDATA %access-date-elements;)*            >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Tagged Sample

<date-in-citation> used instead of deprecated <access-date>. 

...
<ref>
 <nlm-citation publication-type="book">
  <person-group person-group-type="author">
   <name>
    <surname>Lawrence</surname>
    <given-names>Ruth A</given-names>
   </name>
  </person-group>
  <source>A review of the medical benefits and contraindications
   to breastfeeding in the United States [Internet]</source>
  <year iso-8601-date="1997-10">1997</year>
  <month>10</month>
  <access-date>cited 2000 Apr 24</access-date>
  <publisher-loc>Arlington (VA)</publisher-loc>
  <publisher-name>National Center for Education in Maternal
   and Child Health</publisher-name>
  <page-count count="40" />
  <comment>Available from:
   <ext-link ext-link-type="url" xlink:href="http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/
   PDFs/breastfeedingTIB.pdf">http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/
   breastfeedingTIB.pdf</ext-link>
  </comment>
 </nlm-citation>
</ref>
...