Eric,
I agree with those who have argued that we should vote on a small
set of refinements such as Illustrator instead of using a mechanism
for refinement (Role) that is unique to this one qualifier.
If Rebecca has put forward a set of 10 or so basic refinements that
have the backing of MARC Relator Code working groups, then I strongly
support putting all 10 on the ballot. They are clearly refinements --
no extra principles or mechanisms needed.
If the DCMI Agent qualifier is essentially the old Role qualifier
reproposed under a different name, then I still agree with those who
suggest that this concept needs more work. The vote for Role in the
first round was 8 reject and 7 accept. I believe that adopting the
approach suggested by Rebecca would address many, if not most, of
the concerns expressed by those who voted to reject.
Tom
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Miller,Eric wrote:
> - And now for the big one... :)
>
> How exactly to compartmentalize the "agent core" vocabulary from the DCES
> qualifier vocabulary was not initially clear. The concepts of 'agentType'
> and the identification of two sets of these 'types' (AAT and MARC Relators)
> I believe are intended to be used as means for refining the CCP elements.
> No other working group focused on the mechanisms for refinement but rather
> focused on the actual refining semantics. As such, it was not clear either
> (a) how to incorporate this, or (b) where it belonged.
>
> Andy Powell identified this and proposed a way forward. His set of
> refinements are aligned with the set identified by Rebecca and a set of
> members on the MARC Relator Code working groups. These refinements I
> believe satisfy the function requirements identified by the Agent working
> groups through the notion of 'agentType' and are inline with the rest of the
> elements notion of refinement.
>
> As such, the refinements identified by the LOC group for the CCP elements
> are listed in the ballot and all have the value of an 'DCMI Agent'. The
> vocabularies for defining tha describing DCMI Agent is in a separate set.
>
> Partitioning this as such seems to make a tremendous amount of sense...
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