[Data-modeling] Usage of Pseudonym type

[Faye Li]

Is the Pseudonym Type used here purely to indicate a recorded 
performance in character, such as a movie soundtrack? If so, I think the 
data model should specify the album-performer-character relationship as 
a type of performance instead of calling out performer-character 
relationship as a pseudonym. That is, "Borat" as a recording artist name 
only applies to Cohen within the limits of those albums; the name 
"Borat" is not a Pseydonym that Cohen uses in general.

I think this relationship is similar to film performance and should be 
modeled similarly: Tobey Maguire is not "Spider-Man", he's only 
"Spider-Man" in the 2002 movie. You wouldn't add "Spider-Man" under 
"Also known as" for the actor, would you?

I also notice inconsistencies across how actors are credited in such 
situations. In contrast to the examples you gave, Catherine Zeta-Jones, 
not her character, is credited on the "Chicago" soundtrack, and the 
"Dreamgirls" soundtrack credits actors (Jennifer Judson, etc.) instead 
of characters as well.

-- Faye


Christopher R. Maden wrote:
> Faye Li wrote:
>   
>> I see instances where fictional characters are typed as Pseudonym for 
>> their creators, and that just doesn't seem right.
>>     
>
> Ah, but in every one of those cases, there is a real-world recorded work 
> by that character.
>
> Let’s say I have an album _Infamous National Anthems_, with recordings 
> of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Whitney Houston, Roseanne Barr, and 
> Borat.  Houston and Barr are real people, easy to credit, but how do we 
> credit Borat (and particularly, how do we capture the information that 
> the CD track listing actually does say “Borat” for the artist)?
>
> Under the current model, Borat would not only be a fictional character, 
> but also a recording pseudonym for S.B. Cohen, who recorded “The 
> Star-Spangled Banner” in character as Borat.
>
> Similarly, the soundtrack to _A Mighty Wind_, with many solo 
> performances by well-known actor-musicians, but credited as their 
> characters from the movie.
>
> More thoughts?
>
> ~Chris
>