Add notes for 2023-10-05

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   - I hadn't realized that DSpace 7 defaulted to versioning being enabled, whereas we never used this in DSpace 6 (yet)
 - Submit [an issue regarding duplicate Discovery sort fields](https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9104) in DSpace 7
 
+## 2023-10-05
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+- Some discussion this week about issue and online dates for journal articles, with regards to PRMS
+  - I looked more closely at the [Crossref API docs](https://github.com/CrossRef/rest-api-doc/blob/master/api_format.md) and realized (again) that their "issue" date is not the same as our issue date—they take the earlier of the print and online dates!
+  - Also, *very many* items have no print date at all, perhaps due to delays, errors, or simply because the journal is "online only"!
+  - I suggested again that PRMS should consider both, and take the earlier of the two, then make sure whether the date is in the current reporting period
+  - I managed to find 80 items with print publishing dates from 2023 and updated those from Crossref, but for the rest we will have to think about how we handle them
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