Interesting that they seem to have decided to subordinate the part-whole distinction to the work-expression distinction.
Grant applications are works, but Grant application documents are expressions. A "work collection" is a work, but an "article" is an expression. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Brenndorfer, Thomas < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Adger Williams Colgate University Library 315-228-7310 [email protected]
