[jats-list] An outstanding question regarding the JATS4R CredIT recommendation

["Kelly McDougall kmcdouga@xxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

The JATS4R group is preparing to finalize the draft recommendation on the
inclusion of the CRediT taxonomy in JATS XML. Before the recommendation is
published we are putting out the call for one final found of feedback around
one outstanding question. Specifically, the question has arisen about the best
method for identifying individual contributions that are outside the CRediT
vocabulary but apply directly to the development/creation of the content in
question. At the moment the draft recommendation acknowledges such
contributions but does not provide explicit instruction around how to include
them in the metadata.

The current recommendation (in draft form) can be found here:
https://jats4r.org/credit-taxonomy

Itbs possible that this question is beyond the scope of the CredIT
recommendation and applies more broadly to the <role> element, but we would be
curious to hear what others have to say on this question and whether there are
any suggestions for how to account for the above scenario using both JATS 1.1
and 1.2, or just 1.2 if necessary. Is this something that the recommendation
should anticipate and, if so, might it warrant a separate, if related,
recommendation on the use of <role> as a means of identifying  individual
contributions?

All the best
Kelly McDougall