Why not keep the Songwriter tag and co-type it with Composer and Lyricist? This way that would allow users to add properties for both types at the same time to a topic when needed AND define a different category/level of musicianship.<br>
<br>-Ed<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Ron Wiecki <<a href="mailto:rwiecki@library.wisc.edu">rwiecki@library.wisc.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Composer is preferable, since it's the more encompassing category.<br>
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Daniel E. Renfer wrote:<br>
> Since it doesn't have any unique properties, and the areas that it<br>
> covers are better represented with the other two types, it seems that<br>
> Songwriter is pretty much useless.<br>
><br>
> There doesn't even appear to be any properties that expect Songwriter,<br>
> I think you should be able to safely remove it and re-type all<br>
> existing Songwriters as Composer+Lyricist<br>
><br>
> Christopher R. Maden wrote:<br>
>> The properties that Songwriter used to have (<URL:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.freebase.com/view/music/songwriter" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/view/music/songwriter</a> >) are now on Composer<br>
>> (Songs Composed) and Lyricist (Lyrics Written).<br>
>><br>
>> One thing to do would be to delete the Songwriter type altogether,<br>
>> since no longer serves a modeling purpose.<br>
>><br>
>> However, it has some arguable semantic value; in that case, I would<br>
>> say that it should include both Composer and Lyricist; if someone is<br>
>> not both a composer and lyricist, they are not (in my opinion) a<br>
>> songwriter.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone have strong opinions about this? I am leaning towards making<br>
>> it include Composer and Lyricist.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> Chris<br>
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