The Function of making a Work publicly available and known, once it has become a Published Work. The task of building community around a Published Work, and the more extended relationships of readership, use, commentary and dialogue around and about the Work. The publicity or promotional stage in the lifecyle of a Work.
As distinct from the Collaborations around an Unpublished Work that may eventually lead to its publication. Communication follows Collaboration. Unless and until the Collaborators decide to create a new Edition, there is no further Collaboration around the Work itself. Communication involves Persons or Organisations who assume a Communicator Role in relation to a Published Work, either as Users (for example Consumers or Reviewers) or Disseminators (Distributors, Booksellers, Librarians or Metadata Creators) for the Work. Communication of the work may involve the creation of Externals which exist specifically in order to aid the discovery of the Work (such as Metadata, Library Cataloguing Data, Promotional Matter, Web Matter and Commentary). Communication is based on an understanding of a target Audience and is subject to production of a Item and Availability. The Communication process for a Work is completed by a Transaction and Delivery to a User. When an Item is resold by one Consumer to another, its Provenance may be recorded.