Dublin Core Elements

Title | Creator | Date | Subject | Publisher
Type | Description | Contributor | Format | Source
Rights | Identifier | Language | Relation | Coverage

4.2 Author or Creator

Label: Creator
Element Description: The person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource. For example, authors in the case of written documents, artists, photographers, or illustrators in the case of visual resources.
Guidelines for creation of content:
Creators should be listed separately in the same order that they appear in the publication. Personal names should be listed surname or family name first, followed by forename or given name. When in doubt, give the name as it appears, and do not invert.

Examples
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Duncan, Phyllis-Anne">
Creator="Melendez Santiago, Maria Luz"
Creator="Maimonides"

BUT:
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Park Sung Hee">

In the case of organizations where there is clearly a hierarchy present, list the parts of the hierarchy from largest to smallest, separated by full stops.

Examples
Creator="United States. Internal Revenue Service"
Creator="Elvis Presley Fan Club"
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Federal Aviation Administration. Aviation Safety Program.">

NOT:
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Aviation Safety Program of the Federal Aviation Administration">

If it is not clear whether there is a hierarchy present, or unclear which is the larger or smaller portion of the body, give the name as it appears in the item.
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Art Institute of Chicago">
Creator="Association of the Bar of the City of New York"
Creator="Baltimore County Medical Society"

If the Creator and Publisher are the same, do not repeat the name in the Publisher area. If the nature of the responsibility is ambiguous, the recommended practice is to use Publisher for organizations, and Creator for individuals. In cases of lesser responsibility, other than creation, use Contributor.

Qualifiers for DC.Creator

    From LC
      SCHEME:
        LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File)
      TYPE:
        DC.Creator (unqualified)
        DC.Creator.PersonalName
        DC.Creator.CorporateName (includes conference name)
        DC.Creator.PersonalName.Address (includes any type of address, email or otherwise)
        DC.Creator.CorporateName.Address
    From UK
      Scheme
        Internal
          The information provided is not part of an external coding system and the coding should be qualified by an accompanying TYPE from the list below. This is the default scheme value if the scheme is not explicitly stated.
        USMARC
          The information provided is a field from a USMARC record. It should start with the field number, followed by the indicators and then any sub-fields. Note that the subfield characters should be preceeded by a "$" and the \x1F subfield delimiter from the Z39.2 record should be excluded. For example: 1102 $aEFILA$cBrussels$d1996
      Type
        Name
          The name of the author. The name should conform to the BibTex name construction rules. This is the default type value if the type is not explicitly stated.
        Email
          The email address of the author.
        Postal
          The snail mail address of the author.
        Phone
          The telephone number of the author. This should be in the world standard format of +Country-Code Area-Code Local-Number. For example +44 1509 228237.
        Fax
          The fax number of the author. This should be in the world standard format of +Country-Code Area-Code Local-Number. For example +44 1509 228237.
        Affliation
          The instiution where the author is based.
        HomeEmail
          The author's home email address.
        HomePostal
          The author's home postal address.
        HomePhone
          The author's home phone number. This should be in the world standard format of +Country-Code Area-Code Local-Number. For example +44 1509 228237.
        HomeFax
          The author's home fax number. This should be in the world standard format of +Country-Code Area-Code Local-Number. For example +44 1509 228237.
        Homepage
          The URL of the author's homepage on the WWW.
        Keywords
          A list of keywords for this author.
        Order
          Whether the author is the primary author or not. Valid values are primary, secondary, unknown or a numeric ordering. If this element is not supplied, assume that the value for specific author is unknown.