There are some interesting quirks and aspects in this model. "Book" is defined as an expression, which can be manifested in different physical forms or as an e-book.
But by assigning ISBN to this level a problem arises because the ISBN is an identifier for the manifestations on the next level down. Searching for ISBN suggests that the search result will show all possible "books" and not the exact manifestation that actually has the ISBN. I do like the list of classes, many of which could become values for the Form of Work attribute in RDA. Form/genre is a weak aspect in current library cataloging, as it's not covered by FRSAD, and used in RDA sporadically, such as following up on the AACR2 conventions for qualifying headings for disambiguation purposes. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library > -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle > Sent: February 22, 2012 10:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FaBIO - another view of FRBR > > On 2/22/12 12:27 AM, James Weinheimer wrote: > > > Such a reaction makes perfect sense to me. It is very difficult to > > maintain that FRBR is a conceptual model for anyone besides librarians. > > It's also interesting to see what other folks do with the FRBR concepts. > There is a bibliographic data suite called "SPAR" [1] that has a module > called "FRBR-aligned Bibliographic Ontology".[2] Here are the things it > defines as works, expressions, and manifestations: > > Work: artistic work, biography, case for support, corrigendum, critical > edition, dataset, erratum, essay, examination paper, grant application, > image, instructional work, metadata, model, opinion, proposition, > questionnaire, reference work, report, research paper, review, sound > recording, specification, vocabulary, work collection, work package, > working paper > > Expression: Gantt chart, abstract, article, audio document, book, case for > support document, chapter, comment, computer program, conference paper, > conference poster, cover, data file, database, demo paper, dust jacket, e- > mail, editorial, excerpt, expression collection, figure, grant application > document, index, instruction manual, lecture notes, letter, manuscript, > metadata document, movie, news item, patent application document, patent > document, periodical issue, periodical volume, personal communication, > presentation, project plan, proof, quotation, report document, repository, > spreadsheet, supplementary information file, table, vocabulary document, > vocabulary mapping document, web content, workshop paper > > Manifestation:analog manifestation, digital manifestation, manifestation > collection > > That's quite different from the library interpretation of the meaning of > those entities, I believe. But it obviously is what makes sense to this > community, which is primarily interested in academic publication. > > Actually, if someone has the energy to unpack this and compare it to how > you think libraries would 'frbr-ize' these resource types, I'd be really > interested in seeing that. > > kc > > > [1] http://purl.org/spar/ > [2] http://purl.org/spar/fabio/ > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet
