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Creator

Label Creator
URI dct_creator_sm
Obligation Suggested
Multivalued true
Field type array of strings
Purpose To credit the person/organization that collected or authored the resource
Entry Guidelines The suggested controlled vocabulary is the Library of Congress Name Authority File.
Commentary This field is best reserved for instances in which an individual person has collected, produced, or generated analyses of data (as opposed to an agency releasing a data product or resource). It can be a person or an organization.
Controlled Vocabulary no
Example value ["Geological Survey (U.S.)"]
Element Set DCMI
Group Bibliographic - entity