Library Cataloging
FRBR
The latest issue of D-Lib Magazine has just been published. It inlcudes the paper Experiments with the IFLA Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) by Thomas B. Hickey, Edward T. O'Neill and Jenny Toves.
OCLC is investigating how best to implement IFLA's Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). As part of that work, we have undertaken a series of experiments with algorithms to group existing bibliographic records into works and expressions. Working with both subsets of records and the whole WorldCat database, the algorithm we developed achieved reasonable success identifying all manifestations of a work.
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Openfrbr
OpenFRBR is a open-source tool built using Ruby on Rails and using MySQL to FRBRize bibliographic records. Not sure just what it does. here is the set of goals:OpenFRBR says it will build a complete free implementation of FRBR (Functional Requirements...
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Frbr And Topic Maps
Alexander Sigel has put together a page looking into the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, topic maps and XTM: FRBR and XTM.How can FRBR used for the modelling of bibliographic relationships, using Knowledge Technologies like XTM, OWL/RDF?What...
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Frbr
William Denton has posted his paper "FRBR and Fundamental Cataloguing Rules".IFLA's proposed data model, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), arranges bibliographic entities in a new way, using an entity-relationship model that...
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Frbr
The Concept of a Work in WorldCat: An Application of FRBR by Rick Bennett, Brian F. Lavoie and Brian F. Lavoie.This paper explores the concept of a work in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog, using the hierarchy of bibliographic entities defined...
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Frbr
The Working Group on FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) of the Cataloguing Section of IFLA now has a Web presence. The site includes:FRBR Final ReportFRBR Discussion ListBibliographyMeeting ReportsFAQ and examplesImplementation ReportsPapers...
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