Rebecca,
     
     Apologies for the latenes of this contribution to your request - I have 
     been away from my email.
     
     The suggested list seems to be aiming at two targets - 1) DC with 
     separate elements for Creator, Contributor and Publisher and 2) the 
     possibility of collapsing the three into one Agent element.  As such it 
     was a bit confusing to think about the list of relators.  (It contains 
     MARC codes that are synonyms of DC codes (Collaborator) DC elements that 
     are not currently in the MARC list (Creator) and an element that is in 
     both (Publisher)) 
     
     Unless I have misunderstood the remit it might be easier to deal with the 
     two possibilities one at a time and produce this first list based on one 
     assumption or the other.  If based on assumption 1), Creator, 
     Collaborator and Publisher can be removed.
     
     That would leave:
     Adaptor - OK
     
     Distributor - OK
     
     Editor - OK
     
     Illustrator - OK but the definition may need broadening for DC
     
     Sponsor - not sure about this, it could be problematic in that sponsor is 
     used in a variety of senses - not always implying a financial or 
     contractual relationship.
     
     Translator - OK
     
     
     Suggestions from list:
     
     Performer - OK but it may raise one-to-one issues 
     
     Commentator - OK
     
     Originator - uncertain about this.  It seems to overlap with Creator to a 
     large extent. If no Creator is to be entered (e.g. Author is not 
     mandatory in UKMARC) then other roles can be catered for in other 
     existing elements or qualifiers. (?)
     
     Compiler - uncertain about this.  May conflict with Creator in that the 
     compiled resource is a 'work' in its own right.
     
     Apologies in advance for any inconsistencies in reasoning - sent in 
     haste, hope it helps:-)
     
     Robina
     
     
     
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Subject: MARC/DC relators
Author:  "Rebecca S. Guenther" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet 
Date:    24/01/2000 12:43
     
     
     
Our office, which maintains the MARC Code List for Relators, has been 
asked to provide a short list or relators for general use taken from that 
list.  This should be a subset including only the most general relator 
terms, with their codes and definitions taken from the MARC list. No more 
than about 10 should be included. We have not included specific types of 
creators, for instance.
     
We are asking for your feedback in terms of experience with general 
applications. We have followed various principles in selecting this subset 
of the MARC list, as indicated below.
     
Please send comments by Wednesday, 26 January. We have a short time frame 
for this.
     
    Proposed Relators list for general applications (Dublin Core)
     
Principles for inclusion:
1. The term is not specific to a material type.
2. Only general creator/author terms are used, rather than specific 
ones.
3. Usage is for general application only; the broadest terms are 
included.
4. Specific types of roles (e.g. illustrator) included are generally 
for contributors, not creators. 
     
Term                Code                Comment
     
Adapter             adp
Collaborator        clb                 Used in DC for Contributor 
Creator                                 To be added
Distributor         dst
Editor              edt
Illustrator         ill  
Publisher           pbl                 Used in DC only if Agent
                                        is collapsed
Sponsor             spn  
Translator          trl
     
     
Terms with definitions:
     
Adapter [adp] 
Use for a person who 1) reworks a musical composition, usually for a 
different medium, or 2) rewrites novels or stories for motion 
pictures or other audiovisual medium. 
     
Collaborator [clb] 
Use for a person or corporate body that takes a limited part in the 
elaboration of a work of another author or that brings complements 
(e.g., appendices, notes) to the work of another author 
     
Creator: to be defined something like:
Use for an entity chiefly responsible for the content of a work. 
(The definition for Author will be modified to limit it to generally 
printed works, which is how it has been used and for which it was 
originally defined.)
     
Distributor [dst] 
Use for an agent or agency that has exclusive or shared marketing 
rights for an item. 
     
Editor [edt] 
Use for a person who prepares for publication a work not primarily 
his/her own, such as by elucidating text, adding introductory or 
other critical matter, or technically directing an editorial staff. 
     
Illustrator [ill] 
Use for the person who conceives, and perhaps also implements, a 
design or illustration, usually to accompany a written text. 
     
Publisher [pbl]
(not given a definition in MARC Relators list; may include one 
similar to the DC 1.1 one)
     
Sponsor [spn] 
Use for the person or agency that issued a contract or under the 
auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, etc. 
     
Translator [trl] 
Use for a person who renders a text from one language into another, 
or from an older form of a language into the modern form.
     
The entire list is available at:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/relators/
     
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