OutlineFRBR family modelsFRSAD

EntitiesRelationshipsAttributesExamples

FRBR family models and RDA

FRBR “Family”Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

(1998)Focus on group 1 entities: work, expression, manifestation,

itemFRBR

Functional Requirements for Authority Data (2009)Focus on group 2 entities: person, corporate body, family FRAD

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (2011)Focus on group 3 entities: concept, object, event, place,

plus groups 1 and 2FRSAD

Subject Authority SystemsKnown as:

Controlled vocabulariesStructured vocabulariesConcept schemesKnowledge organization systems

Who Uses Subject Authority Data?Vocabulary creators Metadata creatorsInformation intermediariesEnd-users

User TasksFindIdentifySelectExplore relationships

FRSAD’s Relationship to FRBR

DefinitionsThema – any entity used as a subject of a

workNomen - any sign or sequence of signs

(alphanumeric characters, symbols, sound, etc.) that a thema is known by, referred to, or addressed as

FRSAD Conceptual ModelA work can have many themasA thema may be the subject of many works

A thema may be represented by many nomens

Some works have no themas

Thema-to-Thema RelationshipsHierarchical

PartitiveGenericInstance

Associative

Partitive RelationshipsBody – Foot, Hand, Head, …Buildings –Basements, Chimneys,

Garages…Cells – Cytoplasm, Centrosomes, …

GenericBaleen whales

Right whalesRorqualsBlue whales

Instance Palaces

Belweder (Warsaw, Poland) Pałac Krasińskich (Warsaw,

Poland) Pałac Saski (Warsaw, Poland)

HierarchicalPractice of law is a broader term for

Legal writing, which is a broader term forLegal correspondence

Associative RelationshipsSubject headings is associated with

FRSAD (conceptual model)

Medicine is associated with PhysiciansMedical sciencesPathology

EquivalencesEquivalences are nomens that are

Replacements forDerived fromVariant forms of

other nomens.

Equivalences (cont.)Examples:AIDS (Disease) is equivalent to

Acquired immunological deficiency syndromeFRSAD (Conceptual model) is equivalent to

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (Conceptual model)

Dogs is equivalent to Dog Domestic dog Canis canis

FRSAD terms => LCSHEquivalences = UF (used for)Associative Relationships = RT (related

terms)Hierarchical Relationships = BT, NT

(broader and narrower terms)