Re: empty text fields

Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> 0 = before (date1),
> 1 = say (date1),
> 2 = ca. (date1),
> 3 = exact (date1),
> 4 = after (date1),
> 5 = between (date1) and (date2),
> 6 = (date1) or (date2),
> 7 = from (date1) to (date2).

This kind of reeks like a begin/end date and an accuracy quantifier,
though that wouldn't account for option 6.

Your cases 0 to 5 and 7 would be transformed into something like:

date A date B accuracy
0: NULL date1 5
1: date1 date1 3
2: date1 date1 2 (is 'ca.' less accurate than 'say'?)
3: date1 date1 5
4: date1 NULL 5
5: date1 date2 2
7: date1 date2 5

Where I defined '5' as being accurate, and lower values less accurate.
You may want to use values with a wider spread, it'll allow more
fuzziness about how sure you are about a certain date.

Just my 2 centims.

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