This is the Temporal Schema for the MIDAS standard, part of the FISH suite of XML schemas for the historic environment. One temporal entity can consist of multiple spans. Each span has elements for documenting information about its start, end, and duration. Element for recording temporal information relating to monuments and events associated with them.. A temporal record can have multiple spans (it can stop and start more than once). How this span is called. Consists of multiple appellations with type identifiers. Contains a single name or identifier for the span. Information about the beginning or start of this span. Contains a single name or identifier for the start of the span. Information about the duration or length of this span. Contains information about the length of the span. Information about the end of this span. Contains a single name or identifier for the end of the span.