Box 82Both a date of update and a date of revision

Various words are used to show that the content of a part of a database has been changed. Among them are: updated, modified, revised, reviewed.

• Use the wording supplied in the database
• Give all words expressing update/revision with the dates provided, in ascending date order
• Enter dates in the format year month day
• Separate words with their dates by a semicolon and a space

  • updated 2006 May; modified 2006 Dec;
  • revised 2005 Dec 5; updated 2006 Mar 30;
• Add the date of citation and place all types of date in one set of square brackets
• End date information with a semicolon placed outside the closing bracket
  Example:

  • Record ID AS9376, Vaccines cross reactivity against SARS-CoV; [reviewed 2006 Sep; updated 2006 Dec; cited 2007 Feb 1]; [about 3 p.].