maintainer
A maintainer of a Dataset, software package (SoftwareApplication), or other Project. A maintainer is a Person or Organization that manages contributions to, and/or publication of, some (typically complex) artifact. It is common for distributions of software and data to be based on "upstream" sources. When maintainer is applied to a specific version of something e.g. a particular version or packaging of a Dataset, it is always possible that the upstream source has a different maintainer. The isBasedOn property can be used to indicate such relationships between datasets to make the different maintenance roles clear. Similarly in the case of software, a package may have dedicated maintainers working on integration into software distributions such as Ubuntu, as well as upstream maintainers of the underlying work.
Expected Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Person | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |
| Organization | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
Used on Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| CreativeWork | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |