pending changes to resource metadata

[Ray Plante]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Robert Hanisch wrote:
> The DC standard for this is Source, which I added to RM0.8 some weeks ago:
> 
> Source  (string) [Dublin Core]
> 
> Definition:  A reference to a resource from which the present resource is
> derived.
> 
> Comment:  The present resource may be derived from the Source in whole or in
> part.  Recommended best practice is to use the standard bibcode (see
> http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/refcode.html), where available.  If no
> bibcode is available, Source should use a string or number conforming to a
> formal identification or citation system.

The difficulty I have with this term is that papers are usually derived 
from data or projects.  That is, in the case of Sloan, the project was 
developed and the early release data was observed and analyzed, and based 
on the results of that effort, a paper was written.  

Having the value be a reference to an article makes sense when the 
resulting resource is also a paper.  

Your motivation for Source was to provide a connection to the related 
journal article.  This is, I think, the reverse relationship: we want to 
know what papers resulted from this resource.  If this is correct, then 
"Citation" would make more sense.

cheers,
Ray