On Dec 19, 2003, at 10:42 AM, Rebecca S. Guenther wrote:

> That's very difficult. What is a creator for me may be a contributor
> for
> you. Making this distinction between principal and secondary
> contributors
> can't be easily applied. For example, I may have a book with
> illustrations
> and consider it primarily a textual work, while someone else might
> consider be mostly interested in its illustrations. In the first case
> the
> illustrator might be a contributor, while in the second case a
> creator. It
> is all in the eye of the beholder.

But isn't it also a problem to dump everything into contributor (or
creator)?  An author and a translator and an illustrator become
indistinguishable.

Bruce