Answers.Body: <p>I don’t have any reference for my holding here (much less an authoritative one), but I would place both as <code>dc:contributor</code>s:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>the preface is secondary to the core work (the core work would still be there and meaningful even without the preface)</li>
  <li>the translation wouldn't have happened if the original work hadn't .</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-33/#sec-opf-dccontributor" rel="nofollow noreferrer">EPUB3 standard</a> states that</p>
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  <p>The dc:contributor element [dcterms] is used to represent the name of a person, organization, etc. that played a secondary role in the creation of the content.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Then, both <code>dc:creator</code> and <code>dc:contributor</code> allow roles, e.g. expressed by MARC Relator terms (see for example <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-33/#example-differentiating-creator-roles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>).</p>
  <p>Is a translator a <code>dc:creator</code> or <code>dc:contributor</code>? And what about the author of a preface? Is there any reference text or best practice about such classification?</p>
  
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Title: EPUB3 metadata: creator vs contributor
UserDisplayName: Iacobus1983
ThreadText: # EPUB3 metadata: creator vs contributor
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-09-16)
  
  [EPUB3 standard](https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-33/#sec-opf-dccontributor) states that
  
  > The dc:contributor element [dcterms] is used to represent the name of a person, organization, etc. that played a secondary role in the creation of the content.
  
  Then, both `dc:creator` and `dc:contributor` allow roles, e.g. expressed by MARC Relator terms (see for example [here](https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-33/#example-differentiating-creator-roles)).
  
  Is a translator a `dc:creator` or `dc:contributor`? And what about the author of a preface? Is there any reference text or best practice about such classification?
  
  **Tags:** epub, metadata, opf
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-10-09. Score: 0
  
  I don’t have any reference for my holding here (much less an authoritative one), but I would place both as `dc:contributor`s:
  
  * the preface is secondary to the core work (the core work would still be there and meaningful even without the preface)
  * the translation wouldn't have happened if the original work hadn't .
  
  
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