Description
Pair explicitly supplied manuscript and postmark date transcriptions.
Historical records separate source readings, remembered dates, documentary dates, place identifiers and editorial conventions. Supplied certainty or witness labels are annotations rather than authenticated evidence. Original spellings, calendar styles and accession-year conventions need their documentary context before chronological interpretation.
Pair explicitly supplied manuscript and postmark date transcriptions.
When to use this tool
Use Manuscript Dated Versus Postmarked Pair when you already have itemId, manuscriptDateText, postmarkDateText and need to pair explicitly supplied manuscript and postmark date transcriptions.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter itemId, manuscriptDateText, postmarkDateText. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read token. Use the output convention below.
Enter itemId, manuscriptDateText, postmarkDateText using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| itemId | Item Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| manuscriptDateText | Manuscript Date Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| postmarkDateText | Postmark Date Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"itemId": "MS17",
"manuscriptDateText": "12 May 1820",
"postmarkDateText": "14 May 1820"
},
"output": {
"token": "[\"MS17\",\"12 May 1820\",\"14 May 1820\"]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The result records supplied values without resolving historical calendars or missing dates. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult the original source, edition and provenance for a historical claim. Apply an appropriate calendar or documentary analysis when actual conversion, identity or interpretation is needed; a transcription key or uncertainty marker does not establish those results.
References
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