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

[Claudia Jürgen]

Hi Janet,

yes and no. Apart from application profile discussion, dc.contributor(*) 
is hardcoded in many places search indices, crosswalks, sfxlink etc.

If you want to use dc.creator instead you got to change these too,  to 
keep the default DSpace behaviour. This is a bit of work and it makes 
future upgrades and/or the use of addons more difficult.

Hope that helps

Claudia Jürgen


janet.todwong at washburn.edu schrieb:
> 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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