On 8/30/06, Timothy Gambell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For example, BibTeX's "author" field implies the medium of the cited work (if it has an author, it must be text). This makes it difficult to reuse terminology: what if I'm talking about something that had a painter, not an author? Using a more general term, like DC's "creator" get's the same work done, and is more easily reused: it can be applied to text, paintings, websites, and so on.
I agree. I'd use creator and then also add author, editor and translator, since those three are widely used in citations, and it's important at least to distinguish the latter two (non-creator) roles from creator/author. In fact, I'd be fine with dropping author altogether; it's not strictly necessary. Brcue _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
