Add metadata for contributors

[loafofpiecrust]

For each document, we provide a list of contributors and their role in shaping that particular document transcription, translation, or analysis. We should also have further information about each of these people in an independent place to store in the database.

For now, I propose another Google Sheet that provides some details about each person:

• Date of birth
• Hometown
• Photo?

Then, we can link those details to their contribution to a particular document. i.e. when it says "Willie Jumper: Author" you can request details about Willie Jumper.

Does anyone have ideas about what information would be useful or important for us to have?
@GracefulLemming I know you've been thinking about this.

[rchavez-neu]

I recommend using a standard vocab for these fields, maybe FOAF: http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/

The reason being the project could do some interesting network visualization and analysis of contributors etc. in the future.

If the contributor metadata uses a well understood vocab it opens up the metadata to easier consumption, sharing, transformation. property/knowledge graph building, etc. down the road.

[loafofpiecrust]

Thanks for the suggestion! This is definitely a good place to align with a common standard like FOAF, which can also be a testing ground for linked data compatibility later on.