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khsu wrote: > This is in regard to the distinction between the Creator element and > the Contributor element, or why making the distinction at all. > > Since every element is repeatable, why not just repeat the Creator > element with appropriate qualifiers for any additional contributors > and combine the two elements into one Creator/Contributor element? The Arts & Humanities Data Service also encountered problems in the distinction between 'creator' and 'contributor' during its series of workshops earlier this year; mainly with regard to digital surrogates of physical 'object'-like resources. The solution adopted is simply to ignore contributors; the element is, after all, optional, and many other groups DO find it useful. A report detailing this -- and the rest of our findings -- will be handed out to anyone who wants them in Helsinki. For those not attending DC5, the report will be available for purchase from AHDS (and on the web for free) later in October... Paul -- == paul miller ================== [log in to unmask] == collections manager, archaeology data service, king's manor york, YO1 2EP, UK tel: +44 (0)1904 43 3954 == http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/ahds/ ==== fax: +44 (0)1904 43 3939 ==