Support Roles in InPort

The following Support Roles can be defined for a Catalog Item in InPort:

Author

The Individual or Organization whose name should appear first in a citation for the resource (for names that come after the first use Co-Author).

While it is possible to have an Author and Principal Investigator be the same Individual or Organization, Author is not the same as nor synonymous with Principal Investigator.

Co-Author

The Individual(s) or Organization(s) whose name(s) should appear after the first name in a citation for the resource (use Author to denote the first name in the citation).

While it is possible to have a Co-Author and Principal Investigator/Collaborator be the same Individual or Organization, Co-Author is not the same as nor synonymous with Principal Investigator or Collaborator.

Collaborator

The Individual or Individuals who are the primary assistants to the lead researchers for the dataset.

While it is possible to have a Collaborator and Author/Co-Author be the same Individual or Organization, Collaborator is not the same as nor synonymous with Author or Co-Author.

Data Set Credit

Recognition of those who contributed to the data set.

Data Steward

The Individual or Organization that has accountability and responsibility for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource.

Distributor

The Organization that is responsible for providing the PARR required access to the data.

Metadata Contact

The Individual or Organization that has accountability and responsibility for the metadata and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the metadata record.

Originator

The name of the Individual or Organization who is responsible for the data at the point when the data was first created. Applicable for data sets that are an aggregation of two or more data sets or if the data set is the first instance of the signal having been converted into data.

Point of Contact

The Individual or Organization who is responsible for initial triage of and answering questions related to the resource.

Can act as a generic role code for when a more appropriate role code does not exist.

Principal Investigator

The Individual or Individuals who are the primary assistants to the lead researchers for the dataset.

While it is possible to have a Collaborator and Author/Co-Author be the same Individual or Organization, Collaborator is not the same as nor synonymous with Author or Co-Author.

Process Contact

The name of the Individual or Organization who has processed the data in a manner such that the resource has been modified.

Publisher

The Individual or Organization who prepares and issues the resource.