<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">BCE</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31482022</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:28:35</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">B.C.E.</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">BC</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Before Common Era</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">before the Common Era</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Identification of years as Before Common Era or Before Current Era or Before Christian Era. BCE uses the same numbering as BC (Before Christ) and corresponds to the Gregorian Calendar. "CE" and "BCE" are placed after a year number, and BCE is now most often used instead of BC especially in scientific writing. ]]></dc:description></metadata>