FRBR Workshop - Lisbon 9 Oct 2008.pptVIP

FRBR Workshop - Lisbon 9 Oct 2008 This presentation Part 1: Stand-in for Barbara Tillett Part 2: My original presentation About FRBR What is it? Developments until now Challenges What is the future?/Is there a future? Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records Approved by IFLA in 1997 Published in 1998 Conceptual model of the ‘bibliographic universe’ Still ‘new’? Not the first… Cutter’s Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalog (1876) Paris Principles (1961) New developments (computers, databases, new materials) new user needs, expectations and demands User functions/tasks using the data to FIND materials that correspond to the users stated search criteria using the data retrieved to IDENTIFY an entity (e.g., to confirm that the document described corresponds to the document sought by the user, or to distinguish between two similar documents) using the data to SELECT an entity that is appropriate to the users needs (e.g., to select a text in a language the user understands, or to choose a version of a computer program that is compatible with the hardware and operating system available to the user) using the data in order to acquire or OBTAIN access to the entity described FRBR as conceptual model Entity-relationship methodology Understanding the bibliographic universe Not cataloguing rules Not a data model Not a format “The FRBR revolution” User-oriented view of bibliographic data Catalogue as a database and not a replica of a card catalogue Re-thinking of current cataloguing theory and practice potential for interoperability within ALM, rights management, Semantic Web The “FRBR family” FRBR: the original framework All entities, focusing on Group 1 FRAR (FRAD): Functional Requirements for Authority Records/Data Focus on Group 2 Almost finished FRSAR: Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records Focus on Group3 Ongoing User Tasks FRSAR (2006, 2007): Find one subject entity or entities Identify Select Obt