Hi Srijan, Unfortunately, at this point in time DSpace doesn't look for any special punctuation in any metadata fields. So, it wouldn't be able to treat "John Doe:singer" any differently than just "John Doe", or "John Doe:editor".
At this time, there is also not way to parse "John Doe:singer" to the appropriate MODS file on export. The MODS export functionality just maps DSpace fields to MODS fields. So, it could map a custom field called "mods.contributor.singer" to a particular MODS role, but it wouldn't be able to parse out special punctuation. Let us know if that doesn't make sense. - Tim On 6/11/2011 1:32 AM, Srijan Deshpande wrote: > Hello, quick metadata question: > > I need to capture each dc.contributor's role in my item metadata in > dspace - since DSpace doesn't support heirarchical metadata, can I use > punctuation, as suggested > athttp://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/dcsimple-mods.html to list each > contributor's role? > > So my dc.contributor field would have a value like 'John Doe:singer' > > This way if I have to export this data in the future, I could export it > to a MODS file correctly, including <role> information, right? > > Also, is there a way to parse this information and customize how it is > displayed in search results / item pages? > > Thanks, > Srijan Deshpande > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
