On Mon, 17 May 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> To begin with, the first syntax allows you to maintain all of the
> functionality of the second, i.e., if you want to search for a specific
> publisher, the query
> find dc.agent.publisher = "Macmillan"
> is exactly equivalent to
> find dc.publisher = "Macmillan"
Only IF people have bothered to code a role. One reason for the strenuous
objections to lumping publisher in with other agent roles is a perception
that if metadata creators are allowed to just label something an agent
without specifying a role, some of them will, needlessly compromising
retrieval in the shared DC universe by conflating access points which have
fundamentally different relationships to the resource. Most of us
conscientious objectors are fine with the Creator/Contributor
merge. It's when you lump Publisher in with them that we get cranky.
Question: In the proposed Agent-based environment, are names which are
subjects of a resource Agents with a role or Subjects?
--Robin
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