Martin McEvoy wrote:
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:29 +0000, Robert O'Rourke wrote:
Martin McEvoy wrote:
I AM worried that we should be using "title" instead of "role" in some
cases...
That depends if you look at a piece of music as having "jobs" associated
with it. Is a piece of music some work that people were employed to
create or only a creative endeavour?.
In the case of manufactured "bands" I would say that all involved are
employed and have Job Titles... as do professional musicians maybe.
It can be either, but as far as
hAudio is concerned I would say "role" is most appropriate. Thoughts?
I agree Roles are more important than their job titles as the two may
not be related or have any context in the making of a piece of audio.
I think the problem with the above is quite often in audio roles and job
titles are quite often the same..
Manu explained the differences quite nicley to me..
A role is "what you do", where a title is "what your
official title is at the organization".
In that case in relation to hAudio "role" is defnitely more appropriate.
Each individual's "title" is an arbritary thing - say when two people
who fulfil the same roles at two different organisations have different
"title"s. Everyone involved with a recording had a "role" to play but
not necessarily an official "title".
As a side note, is "title" only really used if "org" has been indicated?
And are groups/bands considered to be an organisation?
Solo artists wouldn't have any particular "org" except maybe the record
label, in which case their "title" would be Artist. A musician with no
record label or contract has no employer and therefore no official
"title" so the use of "role" would be better suited to the majority of
cases.
Role is hardly ever used in hcard in the "real world",and as a result
not much info, I think maybe more information about "role" can be added
to the hAudio wiki, perhaps even some good recommendations?
That would be good to see, there isn't a whole lot of detail about the
use of role in hcard on the wiki.
Thanks
Martin McEvoy
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