YearLiteral

A calendar year in canonical `YYYY` form.

Definition

A calendar year in canonical YYYY form.

Boundaries: Not a year-month or full date.
Hex Code: b3
Standard Alignment: rdf:Literal (Broad) + xsd:gYear (Exact)

Fide ID Rules

These entity-specific constraints apply when YearLiteral is used in Fide ID.

As Entity Type

MUST use Reference Type YearLiteral or NetworkResource.

As Reference Type

Reference MUST use canonical YYYY format without timezone (XML Schema 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes).

Year references MUST use a four-digit year value.

Valid Reference: 2026
Invalid Reference: 26
Invalid Reference: 2026Z
Invalid Reference: 2026-03

Examples

Status	Entity Type	Reference Type	Fide ID Prefix
Valid	`YearLiteral`	`YearLiteral`	`did:fide:0xb3b3`
Invalid	`YearLiteral`	`TextLiteral`	`did:fide:0xb3a0`

YearMonthLiteral

A calendar year and month in canonical `YYYY-MM` form.

TimeLiteral

A time of day (formatted according to ISO 8601, represented in UTC).