Using DC to describe events isn't a stretch, assuming you accept the
earlier notion of using it to describe "non-objects" such as personnel
records. I know, but are they Document-Like Events? ;-)
ON A SEPARATE point, I was asked to say a bit more about Godfrey Rust's
(http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july98/rust/07rust.html) use of "event".
First, it recognizes a Performance as a kind of Creation type, where a
Creation is "a product of human imagination and/or endeavour by one or
more Parties in which Rights may exist". Second, it informally defines
Event to be a category of attributes that "include events significant
in the making and first publication or distribution of a Creation".
I'm not suggesting we adopt this terminology. The author criticizes
the Dublin Core for not making Rights owners' needs more central.
He makes a good case for having a common vocabulary and I learned some
important new things. Here are some highlights of the article:
Viewpoint: rights holders
Goal: automated processing of complex rights packages
Needs: shared cross-sector vocabularies and nesting metadata
Creations: defined to be of four structural types (with examples)...
1. Package (atoms) book, cd, video, photo, painting
2. Object (bits) text file, raster file, mpeg
3. Performance(actions) live performance, broadcast
4. Work (abstract) musical composition, literary work
-John
