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<h2><a name="SDD_Part_0_Introduction_and_Prim"></a> SDD Part 0: Introduction and Primer to the SDD Standard </h2>
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<h3><a name="3_14_Referencing_contributors_an"></a> 3.14 Referencing contributors and sources </h3>
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In SDD, this is a central repository for names of persons or organization, and is used throughout the data when attributing intellectual work, enabling management of authors, editors, contributors, translators and their respective contributions.
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Agents are defined simply with a text string and an optional URL leading to more detailed information, as shown in the wire diagram and simple example below.
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&#60;Agents&#62;
&#60;Agent id&#61;&#34;a1&#34;&#62;
&#60;Representation&#62;
&#60;Label&#62;Kevin Thiele&#60;/Label&#62;
&#60;/Representation&#62;
&#60;/Agent&#62;
&#60;Agent id&#61;&#34;a2&#34;&#62;
&#60;Representation&#62;
&#60;Label&#62;Gregor Hagedorn&#60;/Label&#62;
&#60;/Representation&#62;
&#60;/Agent&#62;
&#60;Agent id&#61;&#34;a3&#34;&#62;
&#60;Representation&#62;
&#60;Label&#62;Ali Baba&#60;/Label&#62;
&#60;Detail role&#61;&#34;Description&#34;&#62;Ali Baba is also known as r.a.m.&#60;/Detail&#62;
&#60;/Representation&#62;
&#60;/Agent&#62;
&#60;/Agents&#62;
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The &lt;Representation&gt; element provides a label for the description. This may be useful if the instance document includes multiple descriptions for different purposes, or is intended for publication in multiple languages (see the topic <a href="sddlanguage.html">Language support in SDD</a>.
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-- DonovanSharp - 09 Jun 2006
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