Hi all, dc.creator is not used to store the information, who submitted an item to the repository. The information is stored in the item table as submitter_id and in the metadata as dc.description.provenance.
Sunny greetings Claudia Jürgen Bram Luyten schrieb: > Dear Alice, > > dc.contributor.author is normally the default element for authors. > I think dc.creator is being automatically completed with information about > the user who submitted the item into dspace. So let's say that I'm a > librarian, submitting a bunch of different records in DSpace, my name would > be included in "dc.creator". > > For non-technical help with DSpace, there's a very good set of DSpace course > materials available here: > http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615 > > best regards, > > Bram Luyten > > @mire NV > Technologielaan 9 (New address !) > 3001 Heverlee > Belgium > +32 2 888 29 56 > > http://www.atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions > http://www.togather.eu - Before getting together, get t...@ther > > > 2009/3/13 Platt, Alice <[email protected]> > >> I am just starting on a DSpace project in collaboration with the IT >> department at my institution. I am selecting metadata fields to use and >> would like to know why the dc.creation element is labeled “do not use; only >> for harvested metadata”. I do not understand; I would think this would be >> the most appropriate element for authors, regardless. If dc.creator isn’t >> being used, what is the default author element? >> >> >> >> Another question – the information on the DSpace wiki is largely technical >> in nature. Is there a source for information for the librarian side of >> things that I might have missed? Best practices for metadata, search & >> discovery, interface design, workflows, how to work with users and groups, >> etc.? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Alice Platt >> >> Digital Initiatives Librarian >> >> Shapiro Library >> >> Southern New Hampshire University >> >> 2500 North River Rd >> >> Manchester, NH 03106 >> >> 603-668-2211 x 2156 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dspace-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general
