Library Cataloging
Roberto Sturman has announced that the IFPA2 (ISIS FRBR Prototype Application - ver. 2) is now online.
(username/password for dataentry: ifpa2/demo2)
The new implementation of the prototype is based on WebLis.
Its main features are:
The requirements are: Firefox, Opera, IE6 or IE7; cookies, javascript and pop-ups enabled. That last requirement might prove to be a problem.
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- Frbr
The WEB search interface of the ISIS FRBR Prototype Application is now on-line.A brief WEB page about the software, with some links, is available.They say that the server performance is very poor, but I found it just fine....
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Library Cataloging
FRBR Tool for ISIS
Roberto Sturman has announced that the IFPA2 (ISIS FRBR Prototype Application - ver. 2) is now online.
(username/password for dataentry: ifpa2/demo2)
The new implementation of the prototype is based on WebLis.
Its main features are:
- new database design: relationships are managed in dedicated records, one relationship per record;unlimited no. of relationships for each Entity (within the database capability);creation of Entities/Relationships by hyperlinks; picklist assisted relationship management;WEB based interface for all functions, data entry included;pseudo-tree view of FRBR bibliographic "towers"
The requirements are: Firefox, Opera, IE6 or IE7; cookies, javascript and pop-ups enabled. That last requirement might prove to be a problem.
- Pcc Relationship Designator Guidelines Task Group Report
The PCC Relationship Designator Guidelines Task Group Report was recently published. It has always been one of the main functions of the library catalogue to relate resources to other entities. Main and added entries express relationships between persons...
- 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...
- Frbr
The WEB search interface of the ISIS FRBR Prototype Application is now on-line.A brief WEB page about the software, with some links, is available.They say that the server performance is very poor, but I found it just fine....
- Frbr
The ISBD Review Group announces that the final and approved Mapping ISBD elements to FRBR entity attributes and relationshipsThe ISBD Review Group has been assessing the feasibility of aligning the terminology used in the texts of the International Standard...
- Rdf And Topic Maps
Taking RDF and Topic Maps seriously - what happens when you drink the Kool Aid by Kent Fitch is an older piece (but new to me), 2002, but worth a look.A great deal of attention has been focussed on the concept of the "Semantic Web". One of the core ideas...