discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>]

Evan Prodromou wrote:
> I should have been more clear: I meant the dc:creator and
> dc:contributor elements, included into CC metadata.

DC does offer some guidance:

http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/#creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.

http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/#contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the 
resource.

I think these definitions map best to your option (C) --
"creator" and "contributor" roles are assigned based on the
relative importance of the contribution.

> I'm pretty sure there's no creator element in the CC namespace.

Correct.  We recommend using DC's, see 
<http://creativecommons.org/technology/metadata/implement>.

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