Re: [tdwg-content] dcterms:creator

For the specimen there is dwc:collector, although it is being used also for observations where nothing was collected, and where dwc:identifiedby might be a bit more correct, semantically.

If I'm not mistaken, dwc:collector has been replaced with dwc:recordedBy.

I definitely think that dwc:identifiedby is important, but is not analogous to collector/observer. The act of collecting or observing organisms in situ and the act of asserting a taxonomic identity to the organism are two very different roles. Often (especially for observations unvouchered by specimens or images), the same person/set of people play both roles (usually concurrently), but they should still be maintained as distinct roles.

Aloha, Rich