About a year ago I had the exact same idea and tried it out to much head-ache. I quickly found out how much of the DSpace functionality depends on the dc.contributor.author field, such as searching, browsing and cross-referencing.
I was going to re-configure the search and browse, but when I had to go into some of the underlying code to make the new Dublin Core code work for cross-referencing and other features, it seemed like too much trouble to do and maintain over new versions. I'd like to take flip the contributor. author field to creator at a global level for my instance of Dspace when it is harvested. All in good time. I have not worked with Makain yet, looking forward to it though. My two cents, but I agree with everything Dorothea said. Shawna -- Shawna Sadler TFDL Technology Coordinator and Digital Initiatives Coordinator Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary Phone: (403) 220-3739 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
