The descriptor creator identifies a person or organization primarily responsible for creating a media item. The creator may be considered an author and could be one or more people, a business, organization, group, project or service.
XPATH LOCATION:
/ pbcoreDescriptionDocument / pbcoreCreator / creator
USAGE RULES:
Occurs:
1 time only
May Contain:
3 or less optional attributes, specific:
- affiliation ( may be empty)
- ref ( may be empty)
- annotation ( may be empty)
3 or less optional attributes, specific:
- startTime (text, may be empty)
- endTime (text, may be empty)
- timeAnnotation (text, may be empty)
Contained by:
Contained with:
[Any elements used MUST appear in this relative order]
- /pbcoreDescriptionDocument/pbcoreCreator/creator
- /pbcoreDescriptionDocument/pbcoreCreator/creatorRole
EXAMPLES:
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>WGBH Educational Foundation</creator>
<creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Lone Wolf Documentary Group</creator>
<creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Paula Apsell</creator>
<creatorRole>Senior Executive Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Jed Rauscher</creator>
<creatorRole>Editor</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Matthew Collins</creator>
<creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Matthew Collins</creator>
<creatorRole>Writer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Kirk Wolfinger</creator>
<creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
<pbcoreCreator>
<creator>Lisa Quijano Wolfinger</creator>
<creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>
</pbcoreCreator>
Creator (and Contributor) should include attributes source= and ref= for better data control e.g.
Callenbach, ErnestDirector
We’re wondering why the element does not have an @source attribute, which we’d use to document which authority file establishes the creator’s name.
and differ from the “usual” PBCore pattern, which for other elements seems to be: when the element’s value comes from a controlled vocabulary, the @source attribute can be used to give the name of the vocabulary, and @ref can be used to provide a link to the vocabulary or to the term itself.
We realize we could use @ref to supply a link, but we specifically would like to use @source to provide this information in words.
Thanks for any information, or suggested work-arounds,
Michelle