# Year of Creation

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The year of creation is **recommended** for all FAIRsharing records.

*Please also see the general information regarding our* [*minimal curation requirements*](/fairsharing/record-sections-and-fields/how-to-update-a-record.md#minimal-curation-requirements)*.*
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The year in which the resource was created.

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This is the year the resource first began, and not the year the record was created in FAIRsharing or the first manuscript concerning the resource was published.
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