Resource Creator Roles

Role

Creator

Section?

Resource Type

Definition / Description

Author

Both

Authorship

Document

The writer of the document.

Contributor

Person

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

An individual  who contributes to, but is not the primary creator of an edited or multi-authored document, dataset, image, coding sheet, ontology, or project.

Editor

Both

Authorship

Document

The editor of the document.

Translator

Person

Authorship

Document

The translator of the document.

Field Director

Person

Contributors

All

The individual primarily responsible for implementing the fieldwork (reports to Project Director).Omit if same as Principal Investigator or Project Director

Lab Director

Person

Contributors

All

The individual primarily responsibility for managing the lab work.

Principal Investigator

Person

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

The individual primarily responsible for the overall investigation.

Project Director

Person

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

The individual responsible for implementing the project (reports to the Principal Investigator).Omit if same as PI.

Landowner

Both

Contributors

All

 

Sponsor

Both

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

An agency, organization, or individual contributing financial or material support to the project or effort producing the information resource.

Permitting Agency

Institution

Contributors

All

An agency that issues a project permit.

Repository

Institution

Contributors

All

Institution at which physical collections related to the project or information resource are maintained.
Physical or digital place of storage. K MST 1_27_11: Group decided to remove as creator role. However, group recognized need for category (or category like it) to be available for projects and for documents not associated with a project. KWK: I thought we agreed to keep it:

Contact

Both

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

Individual or institution to contact with questions, concerns, or comments regarding the project or information resource.

Creator/Analyst

Both

Contributors

Dataset

Individual or institution that identified, measured, assayed, recorded, or otherwise compiled the dataset.

Image Creator

Both

Contributors

Image

Individual or institution that creates the image.(Examples: photographer, illustrator, cartographer, or a digital imager/artist)

Creator

Both

Contributors

Coding Sheet, Ontology, Ontology Mapping

Individual or institution responsible for creating the content of the information resource.

Prepared by

Institution

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

Firm, agency, or other organization that conducted the project or conducted the investigation that produced the information resource.

Submitted to

Institution

Contributors

All (including coding sheet and ontology)

Agency, firm, or other organization for which the project was conducted or for which the investigation producing an information resource was conducted.