Dear Paul,
As you know, this is why we had the 1:1 rule.
If the DC metadata set describes the book, the relation element might point
to a metadata author.
If the metadata set describes the cataloging, its creator is the metadata
author.
Both are possible. But in the ook metadata set, we have no other way to
record the metadata author now.
David
At 03:21 PM 1/22/99 +0000, Paul Miller wrote:
>On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, David Bearman wrote:
>
>> If I create DC metadata for a book, the creator element, according to our
>> definition, references the book.
>
>True. But Carl's right as well, in that the line between 'metadata' and
>'resource' is rarely as clear as in the catalogue record/book example you
>give.
>
>A museum collections management record, for example, is metadata for an
>object in the collection. It's also a creative work (of fiction, in some
>cases...! ;-) ) in its own right.
>
>In the fuzzy, hazy, world in which we operate, where _I_ certainly would
>be hard-pressed to definitively label any of my stuff as a 'resource' or
>'metadata', it is, perhaps, easier to consider the single concept of a
>creator (or agent, or whatever) of 'stuff' (to steal terms from Godfrey).
>
>If I, Paul Miller, am describing a BOOK by Carl Lagoze, the Creator is
>Carl Lagoze. If I, Paul Miller, am describing the catalogue record for
>that book by David Bearman, then the Creator is David Bearman.
>
>I've not had to decide whether or not I'm describing 'data' or 'metadata'
>(because both book and record are in some cases 'data' and in others
>'metadata', depending upon perspective), and use of Title and other
>elements allows unambiguous identification of that which I'm describing
>('Carl's great book' or 'Dave's Catalogue record of "Carl's great book"').
>
>Paul
>
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