FRBR and the Bibliographic Universe, or, How to Read FRBR as a Model
by Allyson Carlyle, Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington

From the abstract:

FRBR, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, presents a complex conceptual model. Because of this, it is not easy for everyone to understand. The purpose of this paper is to make some of the more difficult aspects of the FRBR model, in particular the Group 1 entities “work,” “expression,” “manifestation,” and “item,” easier to understand by placing FRBR in the context of what it is: a conceptual entity-relationship model. To this end, a definition of the term “model” is presented, a variety of types and functions of models are introduced, conceptual models are discussed in detail, modeling an abstraction is explained, and different ways of interpreting FRBR are suggested. Various models used in the history of cataloging are introduced to place FRBR in the context of the historical development of document models.

This article appears in the October 2006 issue of Library Resources and Technical Services (50:4).

Thanks to the FRBR Blog for the news tip.

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