Peter:
Don't worry--I was one of the original people to make a BIG fuss about
extending Creator and the rest with stuff like email addresses and
suchlike. Heck, I'm an authorities librarian (in my spare time, of
course), so I know the results of that sort of short-term thinking. The
proper way to do this will certainly be part of the "best practices"
documentation.
Diane
>Now that we've segued to an important but completely different topic (the
>form that names should take vs. an implied approval for blowing off the 1:1
>rule when it comes to fields like agent:e-mail-address). I'll resubmit the
>original point:
>
>I wrote:
>
>> I am concerned however, that by just listing qualifiers like e-mail,
> > we're tacitly encouraging people to take the "less perfect" road.
>>
>> I move that we put very clear disclaimers and explanations both
>> in the qualifier listings and in the best practice document that
>> Diane is working on to indicate that the preferred implementation
>> approach is to "rationalize" metadata, time and funding permitted.
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