FRBR Flashcards
FRBR
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
FRBR Definition
- A conceptual theoretical model (a way of thinking rather than a method).
FRBR Origin
Released in 1998.
4 FRBR User Tasks
- Find
- Identify
- Select
- Obtain
- Find
Find one or more entities that correspond to the search criteria of the user.
- Identify
Identify and confirm that an entity retrieved corresponds to the entity sought by the user.
- Select
Select an entity that meets the user’s requirements with regard to content, physical format, etc.
- Obtain
Obtain access to the selected entity described.
Entity Group 1
Products of intellectual or artistic endeavour.
- Work
- Expression
- Manifestation
- Item
WORK
is realised through…
EXPRESSION
is embodied in…
MANIFESTATION
is exemplified by…
ITEM
*One work can be realised through one or more expressions, but an expression realises only one work.
- Work
An abstract intellectual or artistic creation.
E.g.
The constellation of concepts and ideas that form the shared content of all expressions of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.
- Expression
Distinct combinations of signs, symbols, notation, sounds, images, etc., used to convey the intellectual or artistic content of a work.
E.g.
Original English language text of Robinson Crusoe as Defoe wrote it.
- Manifestation
- A physical resource in which an expression of a work appears.
- The set of all carriers that are assumed to share the same characteristics as to the content and aspects of physical form.
E.g.
A set of physical books published by Oxford University Press in 2007.
- Item
- An individual copy of a physical resource.
- An object carrying signs intended to convey intellectual or artistic content.
E.g.
A copy owned by UCD Library.
Entity Group 2
Those responsible for the
- Intellectual or artistic content
- Physical production and dissemination
- Custodianship
of the entities in the first group.
- Persons
- Corporate bodies
Entity Group 3
Subjects
- Concept
- Object
- Event
- Place
+ all the entities in Groups 1 and 2.
