On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Roland Schwaenzl wrote:
> in the past there has been quite some confusion about the notion of 'agent core' -
>
> I would like to suggest to formulate more specifically what is intended:
>
> A) Agent-Roles (Ex: Illustrator, Composer)
>
> B) Agent-Types (Ex: Person, Organization, Instrument)
>
> C) Agent-Properties (Ex: Address, Name)
I agree on the typology. They would seem to fall into two (or possibly
three) namespaces:
A) Agent roles look like Element Refinements of the existing Dublin
Core. This implies that they would go into the namespace with
other approved qualifiers.
B) Agent types look like terms in a controlled vocabulary analogous to
DCMI Type, which currently has its own namespace.
C) Agent properties look like they would form a "core element set"
analogous to the Dublin Core, only descriptive of Agents as
opposed to generic Resources. We currently have a separate
namespace for that core element set and seem to be stuck with it
as a legacy, though we wouldn't have to do the same with an Agent
Core.
Tom
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