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> If I were looking for the English version of "Le Petite Prince", I would
> not look under the name of the person who translated it; I would look for
> it under Saint Antoine du Exupery, the French author.
Then you'd probably get this result:
Saint Antoine du Exupery is the creator of these resources:
- ...
- Le Petite Prince (English title: "The Little Prince")
This work is available in these formats:
- English Translation by John Doe, as a book with colour
plates
- Danish Translation by Dane Fjord, as a book with black
and white plates
- Swedish Translation by Inga Martens, as XML with
associated colour digital images
- ...
Saint Antoine du Exupery had a contributory role in these resources:
- ...
- ...
> I get stuck on the "intellectual content" part of the definition of
> DC.Creator. I would argue that the _intellectual content_ of the digitized
> image is essentially the same as the intellectual content of the original,
> and therefore Ansel Adams is the creator.
John is a potter. He makes a pot. Who created the pot?
Mary is a painter. She painted the pot. Who created the painted pot?
Mark is Mary's son. He broke the pot. Who created the mess on the floor?
Julie is Mary's estate caretaker. She put the pot back together. Who
created the repaired cracked painted pot?
Harry is a florist. He put some flowers in the pot, and placed the lot
in a nice setting. Who created the floral display?
Ansel is a photographer. He took a photo of the flowers sitting in the
repaired pot stating in the nice setting. Who created the photo of the
floral display?
The "strict creator rule" answers are, in order, John, John, John, John,
Harry, Harry.
> If DC.Creator is to record the person responsible for the manifestation, we
> need to change the definition. The translator, the digitizer, the typist,
> the guy who works for "fly by night", IMHO they are all contributors unless
> they modify the fundamental intellectual content of the resource.
Yeah... I guess you're right :)
The "strict creator rule" creator/contributors then become
DC.Title = "A pot"
DC.Creator = "John"
DC.Description = "A teracotta pot"
DC.Title = "A Painted Pot"
DC.Description = "A teracotta pot with blue edgings and patterns"
DC.Creator = "John"
DC.Contributor = "Mary"
DC.Source = "A Pot"
DC.Title = "Pot Shards"
DC.Creator = "Mark"
DC.Description = "The broken and shattered remains of a teracotta pot."
DC.Contributor = "John"
DC.Contributor = "Mary"
DC.Source = "A Paintd Pot"
DC.Title = "Repaired Pot"
DC.Creator = "John"
DC.Description = "A pot that was broken, but is now held together with
ceramic glue."
DC.Contributor = "Mary"
DC.Contributor = "Julie"
DC.Source = "Pot Shards"
DC.Title = "Floral Arrangement"
DC.Creator = "Harry"
DC.Description = "A floral depiction of a successfully rehabilitated
drug addict's perception of his life."
DC.Contributor = "John"
DC.Contributor = "Mary"
DC.Source = "Repaired Pot"
DC.Title = "Photo of Floral Arrangment"
DC.Creator = "Harry"
DC.Contributor = "Ansel"
DC.Source = "Floral Arrangement"
Does this look right?
Alex
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Alex Satrapa
tSA Consulting Group Pty Ltd.
Canberra, Australia
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