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>From: Frank A. Roos [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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>In the context of the debate about "rules" where to put names, either
in DC.Creator or DC.Contributor, remarked that DC.Creator seems to stem
from the library practise to distinguish between main entry and other
>entries in a card catalog. I was wondering whether we could avoid
having "rules" for that by conflating DC.Creator and DC.Contributor in
one element, since
>they are likely be indexed in one index anyhow.
>
I perhaps don't have the knowledge required to contribute directly to
this debate, but I am confused by the apparent need in DC
Creator/Contributor to put names in the 'right' order in the 'right'
tags (can I call them tags ?). It seems to me that Franks suggestion of
putting them (both/all)into one element is correct.
Harping back to library OPACs, if the enquirer knows the name of a
particular contributor/author then an Author Browse/Search, by whatever
name the function is known locally, can retrieve records of all
publications on which that name appears as main/secondary/other author.
If the enquirer however thinks that the term'Jones' appears somewhere in
the record (perhaps as Editor/Photographer/Graphic designer/Layout
Artist etc) but isn't sure in what capacity, a search on keywords can
retrieve it for them and they don't need even the vaguest understanding
of what rules were applied in generating the metadata.
Any requirement for casual users to first understand data generation
rules surely cannot be practical ?
Hilary
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