Dave remembers what I remember. If it were done Misha's way,
systems which could not interpret the qualifier "<role>" would think that
Mr. Illustrator was the name of a contributor. Sad but true, this
violates the Canberra Qualifiers notion of being able to interpret the
data by dropping the qualifier.
--Robin
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Misha Wolf wrote:
> Dave Beckett wrote:
>
> > I think the reasoning for throwing out the role is that it was a
> > refinement of contributor i.e. a sub-structure so it would be
> >
> > Element: contributor.illustrator
> > Value: Chris Smith
> >
> > and any further qualifiers (Scheme, Language) as appropriate.
> >
> > If the sub-element structure ('minimalist') wanted to look at it, it
> > would be still clear that Chris Smith was a contributor.
>
> When I suggested, at DC4, that "role" is inappropriate as a distinct
> qualifier, I argued that "role" is simply an instance of "type". Hence:
>
> <meta name="DC.contributor.name" content="Chris Smith">
> <meta name="DC.contributor.role" content="Illustrator">
> <meta name="DC.contributor.affiliation" content="United Illustrators">
>
> and:
>
> <contributor>
> <name>Chris Smith</name>
> <role>Illustrator</role>
> <affiliation>United Illustrators</affiliation>
> </contributor>
>
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