[uf-discuss] haudio contributor

[Robert O'Rourke]

Martin McEvoy wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:29 +0000, Robert O'Rourke wrote:
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>> Martin McEvoy wrote:
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>>> I AM worried that we should be using "title" instead of "role" in some
>>> cases...
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>> That depends if you look at a piece of music as having "jobs" associated 
>> with it. Is a piece of music some work that people were employed to 
>> create or only a creative endeavour?. 
>>     
>
> In the case of manufactured "bands" I would say that all involved are 
> employed and have Job Titles... as do professional musicians maybe.
>
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>> It can be either, but as far as 
>> hAudio is concerned I would say "role" is most appropriate. Thoughts?
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> I agree Roles are more important than their job titles as the two may
> not be related or have any context in the making of a piece of audio.
>
> I think the problem with the above is quite often in audio roles and job
> titles are quite often the same..
>
> Manu explained the differences quite nicley to me..
>
> A role is "what you do", where a title is "what your
> official title is at the organization".
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In that case in relation to hAudio "role" is defnitely more appropriate. 
Each individual's "title" is an arbritary thing - say when two people 
who fulfil the same roles at two different organisations have different 
"title"s. Everyone involved with a recording had a "role" to play but 
not necessarily an official "title".

As a side note, is "title" only really used if "org" has been indicated?
And are groups/bands considered to be an organisation?

Solo artists wouldn't have any particular "org" except maybe the record 
label, in which case their "title" would be Artist. A musician with no 
record label or contract has no employer and therefore no official 
"title" so the use of "role" would be better suited to the majority of 
cases.

> Role is hardly ever used in hcard in the "real world",and as a result
> not much info, I think maybe more information about "role" can be added
> to the hAudio wiki, perhaps even some good recommendations?
>
>   

That would be good to see, there isn't a whole lot of detail about the 
use of role in hcard on the wiki.

> Thanks
>
> Martin McEvoy
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