Talk:ESciDoc Application Profiles

The proposed data model for a complex type like "Creator" in eSciDoc looks like this:

• Creator, with properties
  • CreatorType, which can either be:
    • Person, which has the following properties:
      • Complete Name
      • Family Name
      • Given Name
      • Alternative Name
      • Person Title
      • Pseudonym
      • Organisation
      • Identifier
    • Organisation, with the following properties:
      • Oranisation Name
      • Address
      • Identifier
  • Creator Type has a further property:
    • Creator Role, which can be:
      • Author
      • Artist
      • Editor, ....

If we want the Application Profile to be Dublin-Core compliant, an issue with such complex types arises:
The DC Application Profile guidelines define Application Profiles as flat structures by allowing for relational attributes such as

• Refines
• Refined By
• Encoding Scheme For
• Has Encoding Scheme
• Similar To

One possible solution to the dilemma would look like:

• use "person" as an element that refines "creator" with an encoding scheme that defines its components (complete name, family name, ...)
• use "organisation" as an element that refines "creator" with a corresponding encoding scheme
• either
  • attach creatorRole as component of "person" and "organisation" with yet another encoding scheme (not sure whether or not nested encoding schemes are allowed)
  • or create an element "creatorRole" on the same level as "person" and "organisation" with a corresponding encoding scheme

Are there other suggestions?

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