Alex Satrapa wrote:
> Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> > F.A. Roos writes
> > > OK, yes, I see, for ranking and sorting. But if we refer to resource discovery on
> > > the Web, the ranking in your AltaVista or HotBot or whatever search engine seems
> > > rather different ...
>
> > Yes, but also easy identification when looking at brief displays - i.e.
> > the ability to create meaningful brief displays.
>
> Then there's the idea that some creators might have contributed "more"
> to a book. For example, if you have five authors, it's often the
> practice to put the ring leader first, or just sort them in alphabetical
> order. If one is a ring leader, you might end up with Smith, Jones,
> Bloggs, White and Green credited as "Bloggs, Jones et al".
>
> However, for a "brief display" based on DC metadata, you would probably
> end up with "Bloggs, Green, Jones, Smith & White". Nothing too hard
> there.
>
> The difficulty comes if someone's trying to be "correct" in whatever the
> contemporary interpretation of that term is, especially in reference to
> great works of art. For example:
> DC.Title = "Mona Lisa"
> DC.Creator = "Da Vinci, Leonardo"
> DC.Creator = "Capulet, Frederico" (a couple of creator records for
> assistants who helped paint)
> DC.Contributor = (a couple of assistants who mixed the paints, mounted
> the canvas, etc)
>
> Then you might end up with
>
> 1. Mona Lisa - oil on canvas
> (Capulet & Da Vinci)
>
> Which doesn't seem quite right, does it :) How fickle we humans are
> when it comes to lists of people.
Well, what's "right" and what's "wrong"? Who can tell? There remain always debates among
art experts about who originally painted a work. I do not hope, that DC must solve these
problems.
I don't think it is necessary that a DC "record" describes the history of the making of
the Mona Lisa painting correctly. I just want to find a resource on the Web about the
painting, which could give me all the ins and outs. Leaving out "Capulet" would do harm
to the recall of the search, if I don't remeber the name Da Vinci.
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Frank A. Roos
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