Further discussion of this mapping will need to involve publishers as regards what data they can provide. Final decisions will need to be made regarding which DC qualifiers will be used, and what extensions will be added to the 'base list' of DC elements. D1.1 suggests that national libraries wish to create records in various flavours of MARC and would intend to apply detailed cataloguing rules to the content of the records. The formats used by the participating libraries vary, but are usually based on ISBD or AACR2. For the purpose of this report, it is assumed that ISBD or AACR2 style formats would be desired for the national libraries' metadata requirements for electronic publications.
TYPE refines the definition of the data element itself.
If a distinction needs to be made between personal and corporate authors, DC can differentiate between Creator. Personal and Creator. As with the Creator element, distinctions between Contributor. Personal and Contributor. There is still some debate concerning the desirability of using enumerated lists of format types but the default as currently proposed is free text.