Which one sounds better?
The ORIGINALYEAR field represents the original year of when the album was released, before it was re-issued or remastered in any form.
The ORIGINALYEAR field represents the original year of the album, before it was re-issued or remastered in any form.
Context: I'm talking about a field "ORIGINALYEAR" in a computer program which is capitalized.
Zoltán Király The ORIGINALYEAR field represents the original year of when the album was released, before it was re-issued or remastered in any form. " Fields hold values. They don't represent them.
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Zoltán KirályThe ORIGINALYEAR field represents the original year of when the album was released, before it was re-issued or remastered in any form.
I would make that "The ORIGINALYEAR field holds the year when the album was first released, before it was re-issued or remastered in any form." Fields hold values. They don't represent them.