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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 for Bibliographic Records).
OpenFRBR says, "Everyone FRBRize everything."
OpenFRBR says that the entities, the relationships, and the user tasks are all equally important.
OpenFRBR says that both people and machines need good interfaces.
OpenFRBR says it will borrow the algorithms it can and invent the ones it must.
OpenFRBR says it is not an integrated library system. OpenFRBR says, "That which is not FRBR belongs to that which is not OpenFRBR."
OpenFRBR says it is under the MIT License.
OpenFRBR looks at FRAR (Functional Requirements for Authority Records) and says, "Everyone FRARize everything." When FRSAR (Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records) is ready, OpenFRBR will look at it and say, "Everyone FRSARize everything." Everything that OpenFRBR says about FRBR it says about FRAR and FRSAR.

Seen on the FRBR weblog.

FRBR

- "functional Requirements For Subject Authority Data (frsad) -- Draft Report" -- Invitation For Review
The IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records is seeking comments on thier draft.IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR) Invitation to participate: Review of "Functional Requirements...

- Use Of Subject Authority Data Survey
Research is being done on the Use of Subject Authority Data. The ultimate goal of the study is to develop benchmark recommendations for the functional requirements for subject authority records, within the framework developed by the IFLA Functional Requirements...

- Frbr 24/7
A weblog dedicated to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) has started. FRBR Weblogs...

- 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...

- 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...

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