| Name of Term | date |
| Issue 1 | The DC-Gov comment on syntax is obsolete, seen the recommended best practice by DCMI. |
| Issue 2 | Date is quite an ambiguous term. OWMS recommends to only use refinements of the date element. |
| Issue 3 | The refinements of date have inconsistent form: created and issues vs. dateCopyrighted and dateCaptured. |