Paul Frank George Prager (You describe the relationships)

#AALL12 FRBR in Action, or, How Did RDA End Up Like This?A library encounter in one act and five commentaries For two actors and PowerPoint Paul Frank George Prager (You describe the relationships)

#AALL12 FRBR USER TASK 1: FIND • FIND entities that correspond to the user's search criteria

#AALL12 FRBR USER TASK 2: IDENTIFY • IDENTIFY an entity (i.e., to confirm that the entity described corresponds to the entity sought, or to distinguish between two or more entities with similar characteristics)

#AALL12 FRBR USER TASK 3: SELECT • SELECT an entity that is appropriate to the user's needs -- i.e., to choose an entity that meets the user's requirements with respect to content, physical format, etc....

#AALL12 FRBR USER TASK 4: OBTAIN • Acquire or OBTAIN access to the entity described -- i.e., to acquire an entity through purchase, loan, etc., or to access an entity electronically...

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 1 ENTITIES: WORK • A “distinct intellectual or artistic creation” • An abstract entity • No single material object one can point to as the work

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 1 ENTITIES: EXPRESSION • The intellectual or artistic realization of a work • The specific intellectual or artistic form that a work takes each time it is "realized”

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 1 ENTITIES: MANIFESTATION • The physical embodiment of an expression of a work

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 1 ENTITIES: ITEM • A single exemplar of a manifestation • A concrete entity • Normally the same as the manifestation itself

FRBR Group 1 Entities one many Work is realized through Expression is embodied in Intellectual/Artistic Content Physical – Recording of Content Manifestation is exemplified by Item

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 2 ENTITIES: PERSON • Involved in the creation or realization of a work • Or are the subject of a work • Allows identification of the person in a consistent manner

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 2 ENTITIES: CORPORATE BODY • Involved in the creation or realization of a work • Or are the subject of a work • Allows identification of the corporate body in a consistent manner

#AALL12 FRBR GROUP 3 ENTITIES: SUBJECTS OF WORKS • Concepts, objects, events, places • Any of the “Group 1” or “Group 2” entities

#AALL12 FRBR ATTRIBUTES AND RELATIONSHIPS • Each FRBR entity has a set of characteristics or attributes • Attributes serve as the means by which users formulate searches and interpret results • Attributes are defined with the user in mind

#AALL12 Attributes of a WORK • Title of the work • Form of work • Date of the work • Other distinguishing characteristic • Intended termination • Intended audience • Context for the work • Others …

#AALL12 Attributes of an EXPRESSION • Form of expression • Date of the expression • Language of the expression • Other distinguishing characteristic • Extensibility of expression • Revisibility of expression • Extent of the expression • Summarization of content • Others …

#AALL12 Attributes of a MANIFESTATION (I) • Title of the manifestation • Statement of responsibility • Edition/issue designation • Place of publication/distribution • Publisher/distributor • Date of publication/distribution

#AALL12 Attributes of a MANIFESTATION (II) • Fabricator/manufacturer • Series statement • Form of carrier • Extent of the carrier • Physical medium • Others …

#AALL12 Attributes of an ITEM • Item identifier • Fingerprint • Provenance of the item • Marks/inscriptions • Exhibition history • Condition of the item • Treatment history • Scheduled treatment • Access restrictions on the item

#AALL12 Entity Relationships and FRBR • Inherent relationships: • work “is realized by” by an expression • expression “is embodied in” a manifestation • manifestation “is exemplified by” an item • Content relationships: • Equivalence • Derivative • Descriptive • Whole/part • Part-to-part • Shared characteristics

#AALL12 Entity Relationships and FRBR • The first stage of information system design uses these models during the requirements analysis to describe information needs or the type of information that is to be stored. performs Artist Song was performed by has has Name --an attribute of a Person Title --an attribute of a Work

FRBR Relationships: Group 1 to Group 2 Person Daniel Boorstin Creates Created by Work Mysterious science of the law

FRBR Relationships: Group 1 to Group 2 to Group 3 Work Commentaries on the laws of England Person William Blackstone Created by Creates Has Subject (One-Way) Has Subject (One-Way) Work Mysterious science of the law Concept/Topic Law—Philosophy Law—Great Britain Has Subject Created by Creates Is Subject of Person Daniel Boorstin

1Based on diagram in “Bibliographic Relationships,” Barbara B. Tillett. Ch. 2 in: Relationships in the Organization of Knowledge, edited by Carol A. Bean and Rebecca Green. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, p. 19-35. Family of Works Equivalent Descriptive Derivative Free Translation Review Edition Microform Reproduction Casebook Summary Abstract Dramatization Criticism Simultaneous “Publication” Abridged Edition Novelization Digest Screenplay Copy Libretto Evaluation Illustrated Edition Revision Change of Genre Exact Reproduction Parody Annotated Edition Translation Expurgated Edition Imitation Same Style or Thematic Content Variations or Versions Facsimile Arrangement Commentary Slight Modification Reprint Adaptation Original Work--Same Expression Same Work – New Expression New Work Cataloging Rules Cut-Off Point

FRAD #AALL12 • Functional Requirements for Authority Data • User tasks: • Find: Find an entity or set of entities corresponding to stated criteria • Identify: Identify an entity • Clarify (Justify): Document the authority record creator’s reason for choosing the name or form of name on which an access point is based. • Contextualize (Understand): Place a person, corporate body, work, etc. in context • Example: WorldCat Identities: http://worldcat.org/identities/

FRBR/FRAD and RDA #AALL12 • FRBR and FRAD concepts and vocabulary are the structural foundation of RDA • RDA Part I: Recording Attributes • RDA Part 2: Recording Relationships • Meeting the FRBR/FRAD User Tasks is an overarching goal

FRBR/FRAD and RDA #AALL12 RDA Table of Contents 0: Introduction Section 1: Recording Attributes of Manifestation & Item Section 2: Recording Attributes of Work & Expression Section 3: Recording Attributes of Person, Family, & Corporate Body Section 4: Recording Attributes of Concept, Object, Event & Place

FRBR/FRAD and RDA #AALL12 Section 5: Recording Primary Relationships Between Work, Expression, Manifestation, & Item Section 6: Recording Relationships to Persons, Families, & Corporate Bodies Section 7: Recording Relationships to Concepts, Objects, Events, & Places Section 8: Recording Relationships between Works, Expressions, Manifestations, & Item

FRBR/FRAD and RDA #AALL12 Section 9: Recording Relationships between Persons, Families, & Corporate Bodies Section 10: Recording Relationships between Concepts, Objects, Events, & Places

#AALL12 Questions and Answers

Paul Frank George Prager (You describe the relationships)