Class

• <DRM Responsible Party>

Superclass

• <DRM SEDRIS Abstract Base>

Subclass

• None.

Definition

An instance of this DRM class provides identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organization(s) associated with the data set being described.

In the documentation for this class, the phrase “the data set” refers to “the data set being described by the given <DRM Responsible Party> instance”. This, in turn, refers to the object tree rooted at the aggregate of the <DRM Responsible Party> instance.

If a <DRM Responsible Party> is shared by multiple aggregates, “the data set” refers to the collection of object trees rooted at its various aggregates.

Class diagram

Figure 6.264 — DRM_Responsible_Party

Constraints

• Mandatory metadata
• Publishable Object

Example(s)

• Consider a data provider creating a instance for a MEL Thesaurus consulted in creating information. The for the instance in this example contains the following data.

  <DRM Responsible Party>
  individual_name	{ empty string }
  organization_name	{ SE_LOCALE_DEFAULT, 34, “Master Environmental Library (MEL)” }
  position_name	{ empty string }
  contact_information. voice_phone	{ empty string }
  contact_information. fax_phone	{ empty string }
  contact_information. tdd_tty_phone	{ empty string }
  contact_information. address	{ empty string }
  contact_information. online_resource	{ empty string }
  contact_information. hours_of_service	{ empty string }
  contact_information. contact_instructions	{ empty string }
  role	POINT_OF_CONTACT