
Hello, With regards to the RDF/XML format of the Project Gutenberg catalog - I noticed recently the catalog was updated to the new DCMI RDF recommendations. Project Gutenberg still releases the legacy RDF as well, for now. One problem I have been having is the legacy RDF contains information which the new RDF format does not. The new and legacy book catalogs both contains a lot of information. Two of the key things for me (and others) are obviously the title and author of the book. With the old legacy catalog you could always obtain the title and author of a book. This is not the case with all the books in the new catalog, especially for authors. One example is e-book #32838, "The Canadian Curler's Manual". The corresponding RDF file, pg32838.rdf ( which is at http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32838/pg32838.rdf and is also in the compressed archive available on the website ), contains no information about authorship, editorship, contributions and so forth. With the new RDF format, I can usually find authorship information within the pgterms:agent element of the RDF property. E-book 32838 has no such element however. Looking at the legacy RDF format for ebook #32838, I can find the author. The author's name is in the dc:creator element. It notes the author of the book is "Bicket, James". This information in the legacy RDF format is absent from the new format. Neither the words James nor Bicket appear in pg32838.rdf. With only the new RDF as a resource, I have no idea who the author is. Another example is e-book #10980, "Lady John Russell: A Memoir with Selections from Her Diaries and Correspondence". The corresponding RDF file, pg10980.rdf, contains no information about authorship, editorship, contributions and so forth. Looking at the legacy RDF format for ebook 10980, I find information indicating who I can note as an author with it. Most authors in the legacy format have their information in the dc:creator element. In the case of this book, the authorship information is in the dc:contributor tag. It notes "Russell, Agatha, lady, 1853- [Editor]" as an editor, and also lists another editor, as well as two more contributors. This information in the legacy RDF format is absent from the new format. With only the new RDF as a resource, my author field appears blank, as the new RDF contains none of the four names listed in the legacy RDF. Another example is e-book #10668, "The War and Democracy". The legacy RDF lists four authors as creators. The new RDF, pg10668.rdf, has no author information. I have other e-books as examples if you want them. Hopefully you will continue providing the legacy RDF until the RDFs following the current DCMI reccommendations have this information. Thanks, Dennis Sheil P.S. Having other information that the legacy RDF had, like number of downloads, would be nice as well. But listing who the author is is probably more important.