resourceProvider Resource provider Party that supplies the resource custodian Custodian Party that accepts accountability and responsibility for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource owner Owner Party that owns the resource user User Party who uses the resource distributor Distributor Party who distributes the resource originator Originator Party who created the resource pointOfContact Point of contact Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource principalInvestigator Principal investigator Key party responsible for gathering information and conducting research processor Processor Party that has processed the data in a manner such that the resource has been modified publisher Publisher Party who published the resource author Author Party who authored the resource