Array of bylines CR 10-29

[jolla56]

New property “bylines”:

"bylines": {
            "description": "Holder of one or more byline objects.",
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "byline": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "When the complete byline is sent as one string. Same as byline on root level. Example: Albert Jonsson/SvD/TT"
                    },
                    "firstname": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "When byline is divided, holds the first name of the person. Example: Albert"
                    },
                    "lastname": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "When byline is divided, holds the last name of the person. Example: Jonsson"
                    },
                    "role": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Role of the person in the byline in relation to this ttninjs item, as string. Example: Photographer"
                    },
                    "email": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Email address of the person in this byline. albert.jonsson@acme.com"
                    },
                    "jobtitle": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Jobtitle can differ from role and is normally more connected to the person and not to the combination person-newsItem. Example: Editor in Chief"
                    },
                    "internal": {
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Whether byline is for internal purposes. Example: true"
                    },
                    "phone": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Phone number of the person in this byline. Example: +46555123456"
                    },
                    "initials": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Initials of byline. Mainly used for records marked as internal. Example: mag"
                    },
                    "affiliation": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The affiliation of the person. Example: SvD/TT"
                    }
                }
            }
        },

Rationale for the change: (free-text)

The present byline property is a string that we use for the publishable byline. This suggested construction is for adding all contributors to the item. And giving them a role etc.

See also http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-CR-10-10-contributors.

[bquinn]

So the idea is that people could use either the single-string byline or this rich bylines property? What would the semantics be if people used both?

[jolla56]

I think the byline property as a string is for publishing. It can hold more than one name. But no structure. So what's there is usable as is.
If you like to provide a structured array of bylines of people involved you can do this here. But it can be photographers in wich case you might want to handle that separately from authors etc. So I don't see a problem with using both.

[jolla56]

Compare with contributors: #10