05.08.2013 16:04, JSC Secretary:
You can choose the higher-level designator "writer of supplementary textual content" if you don't want to or cannot identify a more specific relationship.
This leaves me wondering whether or not the relationship designators are a D aspect or (also) an A aspect. To qualify as the latter, the rules should make that clear AND specify a hierarchy which would, for instance, make it algorithmically clear that "writer of supplementary textual content" covers Introduction, Preface, Forword, and Afterword. (And wouldn't it be useful indeed to be able to search for Noam Chomsky as a "writer of supplementary textual content" but specifically not prefaces? ) Alas, zillions of our records exist and will remain without designators, which casts some doubt on the usefulness of this element. If however, the designator is regarded as solely a D aspect, then why bother? Wouldn't the Statement of responsibility do the job nicely enough? B.Eversberg
