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FRBR 20 years onFRBR 20 years onKaren CoyleKaren Coyle
Rome, Feb. 2014Rome, Feb. 2014
FRBR TimelineFRBR Timeline
1990 – Stockholm meeting1990 – Stockholm meeting
1992 – Terms of reference completed1992 – Terms of reference completed
1994? – First draft for comment1994? – First draft for comment
1998 – Final draft1998 – Final draft
2009 – Current draft2009 – Current draft
Stated goalsStated goals
Develop a framework for understanding Develop a framework for understanding purposes of the bibliographic recordpurposes of the bibliographic record
Recommend basic level of functionality for Recommend basic level of functionality for national library bibliographic recordsnational library bibliographic records
Develop core-level standard to reduce Develop core-level standard to reduce cataloging costscataloging costs
Ensure that records meet user needsEnsure that records meet user needs
Leading up Leading up to FRBRto FRBR
The rise of the work in The rise of the work in the 20the 20thth century century
Levels of bibliographic Levels of bibliographic abstractionabstraction
Collocation of Collocation of works works (Lubetzky)(Lubetzky)
Expansion of catalogs to the “2Expansion of catalogs to the “2ndnd kind of kind of power” (Wilson)power” (Wilson)
Addition of the Addition of the work work to cataloging with to cataloging with uniform titles in AACRuniform titles in AACR
BibliographiBibliographic c
relationshipsrelationships
Tillett’s doctoral Tillett’s doctoral dissertation and life’s dissertation and life’s
workwork
NY1969
NY1969
NY 1969
NY 1969
TO1969
TO1969
LO1969
LO1969
NY1971
NY1971
NY1970
NY1970
Ont1988
Ont1988
Ont1982
Ont1982
Ont1973
Ont1973
Ont1977
Ont1977
Fr Trans1990
Fr Trans1990
Fr Trans1985
Fr Trans1985
“The Studhorse Man”as a Wilsonian family
Smiraglia, 2001
Bibliographic Families Bibliographic Families (Wilson)(Wilson)
“A library is a growing organism”S.R. Ranganathan
E-R modelE-R model
Required methodology in Terms of Reference Required methodology in Terms of Reference document, 1992document, 1992
Derived from database design methodologyDerived from database design methodology
Identify entitiesIdentify entities
Explore relationshipsExplore relationships
Define attributesDefine attributes
“FRBR is not a data model. FRBR is not a metadata scheme. FRBR is not a system design structure. It is a conceptual model of the bibliographic universe.” B. Tillett, 2005
“FRBR is not a data model. FRBR is not a metadata scheme. FRBR is not a system design structure. It is a conceptual model of the bibliographic universe.” B. Tillett, 2005
E-R modeling for E-R modeling for database designdatabase design
Conceptual modelConceptual modelmain entities and relationships, macro level; main entities and relationships, macro level; not actionable; independent of technologynot actionable; independent of technology
Logical modelLogical modeladds detail; resolves links; defines values; adds detail; resolves links; defines values; normalizes; operational in terms of applicationsnormalizes; operational in terms of applications
Physical modelPhysical modeldescribes a database, with tables, keys, describes a database, with tables, keys, normalized data; responsive to applications.normalized data; responsive to applications.
ResultsResults142 pages of 142 pages of texttext
3 diagrams3 diagrams
Reading E-RReading E-R
Ron Murray “From Moby Dick to Mashups”
Alternate modelsAlternate models
Event-driven modelsEvent-driven models
Content-emphasizing modelsContent-emphasizing models
Models that categorize more than describeModels that categorize more than describe
FRBRCore and the linked data cloudFRBRCore and the linked data cloud
actors and actionsactors and actions
In music, In music, expression often a expression often a performance by performance by someone other someone other than creatorthan creator
Manifestation is Manifestation is usually the action usually the action of a third party of a third party (except in fine art)(except in fine art)
FRBRooFRBRooCIDOC Conceptual CIDOC Conceptual Reference ModelReference Model
byby
International Council of International Council of Museums Museums
FRBRooFRBRoo
Object-oriented modelObject-oriented model
Coordinates CRM & Coordinates CRM & FRBR conceptsFRBR concepts
Multiple layers of works Multiple layers of works and expressionsand expressions
Published and non-Published and non-published workspublished works
<indecs> event-<indecs> event-orientedoriented
content and carriercontent and carriervariationsvariations
Expression-Expression-Level Level
Bibliographic Bibliographic RecordRecord
Shoichi TaniguchiShoichi Taniguchicontentcontent
carriercarrier
classes and classes and categorizaticategorizati
onon
Semantic Publishing and Semantic Publishing and ReferencingReferencing
SPARSPAR
Publishing materials, Publishing materials, mostly texts, in the mostly texts, in the
academic environmentacademic environment
FaBiO, the FRBR-FaBiO, the FRBR-aligned Bibliographic aligned Bibliographic
OntologyOntology
treats WEMI as classestreats WEMI as classes
sub-classes sub-classes bibliographic types to bibliographic types to W E MW E M
Manifestation is Manifestation is physical description physical description onlyonly
Work sub-classes announcement, artistic work, biography, case for support, correction, critical edition, dataset, essay, examination paper, grant application, image, instructional work, metadata, model, opinion, policy, proposition, questionnaire, reference work, reply, report, research paper, review, sound recording, specification, vocabulary, work collection, work package, working paper
Expression sub-classes Gantt chart, abstract, addendum, article, audio document, book, brief report, call for applications, case for support document, chapter, comment, computer program, conference paper, conference poster, cover, data file, data management plan, database, dust jacket, e-mail, editorial, excerpt, expression collection, figure, grant application document, index, instruction manual, lecture notes, letter, manuscript, metadata document, movie, news item, oration, patent application document, patent document, periodical issue, periodical volume, personal communication, policy document, presentation, project plan, quotation, rapid communication, report document, repository, spreadsheet, structured summary, supplement, supplementary information file, table, vocabulary document, vocabulary mapping document, web content, workshop paper
Manifestation sub-classesanalog manifestation, digital manifestationmanifestation, manifestation collection
Manifestation sub-classesanalog manifestation, digital manifestationmanifestation, manifestation collection
:article a fabio:JournalArticle ;dc:title "Nicotinamide-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (2/1)" ;dcterms:creator [ a foaf:Person ;
foaf:name "Johnston, B.F." ] ;dcterms:creator [ a foaf:Person ;foaf:name "Florence, A.J." ] ;
dc:rights <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk> ;dc:language "en" ;fabio:hasPublicationYear "2009" ;fabio:publicationDate "2009-04-01" ;frbr:embodiment :printedArticle , :webArticle ;frbr:partOf :issue ;fabio:doi "10.1107/S1600536809007594" ;
:volume a fabio:JournalVolume ;prism:volume "65" ;frbr:partOf :journal .
:issue a fabio:JournalIssue ;prism:issueIdentifier "4" ;frbr:partOf :volume
FaBIO’s Expression ~ FaBIO’s Expression ~ Taniguchi’s Taniguchi’s
FRBRCore (in RDF)FRBRCore (in RDF)
Developed by Ian Davis and Richard Newman Developed by Ian Davis and Richard Newman in 2005in 2005
Not sanctioned by IFLANot sanctioned by IFLA
Used by FaBiO, Scholarly Works Application Used by FaBiO, Scholarly Works Application Profile (SWAP), Europeana Data Model, and Profile (SWAP), Europeana Data Model, and othersothers
Over 30 million uses on LOD Cloud (mostly Over 30 million uses on LOD Cloud (mostly German libraries)German libraries)
BIBFRAMEBIBFRAME
Two-level bibliographic Two-level bibliographic modelmodel
• bf:Work = bf:Work = frbr:Work+frbr:Expressionfrbr:Work+frbr:Expression
• bf:Instance = bf:Instance = frbr:Manifestationfrbr:Manifestation
RDARDA
Rules organized around FRBR conceptsRules organized around FRBR concepts
Record and data store neutralRecord and data store neutral
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SummarySummary
a conceptual model, to be interpreted and a conceptual model, to be interpreted and integratedintegrated
a network, not a treea network, not a tree
actors and actionsactors and actions
separation of content and carrierseparation of content and carrier
the need for flexibilitythe need for flexibility
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