From 6a32bc98c473952b97df813aadb5e1c8e6622551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 21:00:58 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor date

---
 grammars/biblio.rnc | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/grammars/biblio.rnc b/grammars/biblio.rnc
index 1749849..ecd4dbc 100644
--- a/grammars/biblio.rnc
+++ b/grammars/biblio.rnc
@@ -798,10 +798,7 @@ BibliographicDateType =
 
 ## Significant date in the lifecycle of the bibliographic item, including its production and its access
 bdate = element date {
-  ## The phase of the production of or access to a bibliographic item
-  attribute type { ( BibliographicDateType | text ) },
-  ## An optional textual description of the date, especially when a Gregorian date is not applicable
-  attribute text { text }?,
+  bDateAttributes,
   (
     (
        ## The start of the date range described
@@ -814,6 +811,12 @@ bdate = element date {
   )?
 }
 
+bDateAttributes =
+  ## The phase of the production of or access to a bibliographic item
+  attribute type { ( BibliographicDateType | text ) },
+  ## An optional textual description of the date, especially when a Gregorian date is not applicable
+  attribute text { text }?
+
 ## An identifier of a bibliographic item in an international standard scheme
 docidentifier = element docidentifier { DocIdentifierType }