Bulletin of The American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) presents a complex conceptual model. Bec... more Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) presents a complex conceptual model. Because of this, it is not easy for everyone to understand. The purpose of this paper is to make some of the more difficult aspects of the FRBR model, in particular the Group 1 entities work, expression, manifestation, and item, easier to understand by placing FRBR in the context of what it is: a conceptual entity-relationship model. To this end, a definition of the term “model” is presented, a variety of types and functions of models are introduced, conceptual models are discussed in detail, modeling an abstraction is explained, and different ways of interpreting FRBR are suggested. Various models used in the history of cataloging are introduced to place FRBR in the context of the historical development of document models.
is a lecturer in the Information School and can be reached by mail and phone at the same address;... more is a lecturer in the Information School and can be reached by mail and phone at the same address; she can be reached by email at acarlyle<at>u.washington.edu. F unctional requirements for bibliographic records (FRBR) is a complex conceptual model that is not easy for everyone to understand. In this paper FRBR's status as a model is examined in detail – to explicate more fully what it is, what it is not and what it attempts to do. The focus of the discussion throughout this paper is the Group 1 entities: work, expression, manifestation and item. Several strategies are presented to clarify the more difficult abstract entities in FRBR, which are work and expression. Because FRBR is the most recent of a series of conceptual models used in library cataloging, models used prior to FRBR are described and compared to FRBR. Models Models are used everywhere, from civil engineering to playtime in the back yard. Because they are used in so many contexts, one may encounter different m...
Bulletin of The American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) presents a complex conceptual model. Bec... more Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) presents a complex conceptual model. Because of this, it is not easy for everyone to understand. The purpose of this paper is to make some of the more difficult aspects of the FRBR model, in particular the Group 1 entities work, expression, manifestation, and item, easier to understand by placing FRBR in the context of what it is: a conceptual entity-relationship model. To this end, a definition of the term “model” is presented, a variety of types and functions of models are introduced, conceptual models are discussed in detail, modeling an abstraction is explained, and different ways of interpreting FRBR are suggested. Various models used in the history of cataloging are introduced to place FRBR in the context of the historical development of document models.
is a lecturer in the Information School and can be reached by mail and phone at the same address;... more is a lecturer in the Information School and can be reached by mail and phone at the same address; she can be reached by email at acarlyle<at>u.washington.edu. F unctional requirements for bibliographic records (FRBR) is a complex conceptual model that is not easy for everyone to understand. In this paper FRBR's status as a model is examined in detail – to explicate more fully what it is, what it is not and what it attempts to do. The focus of the discussion throughout this paper is the Group 1 entities: work, expression, manifestation and item. Several strategies are presented to clarify the more difficult abstract entities in FRBR, which are work and expression. Because FRBR is the most recent of a series of conceptual models used in library cataloging, models used prior to FRBR are described and compared to FRBR. Models Models are used everywhere, from civil engineering to playtime in the back yard. Because they are used in so many contexts, one may encounter different m...
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