[Dspace-general] dc.creator "do not use" -- why?

[janet.todwong@washburn.edu]

So does this mean dc.creator can be used then?
Janet

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Claudia Jürgen <Claudia.Juergen at ub.uni-dortmund.de> 
Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:07 am 
Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] dc.creator "do not use" -- why? 
To: Bram Luyten <bluyten at gmail.com> 
Cc: "Platt, Alice" <a.platt at snhu.edu>, "dspace-general at mit.edu" <dspace-general at mit.edu> 

> 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 Tog at ther 
> > 
> > 
> > 2009/3/13 Platt, Alice <a.platt at snhu.edu> 
> > 
> >> 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 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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