FRAD A Personal View

Ed JonesALA annual conference <2008, Anaheim, CA>

Quote

“You see things; and say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’”

—Bernard Shaw (spoken by the Serpent to Eve in Back to Methuselah)

What I’m going to talk about

1 Records and data 2 GARR, we hardly know ye 3 Names and persons 4 Persons and attributes 5 How the Germans do it 6 Relationships, works, and names 7 What I’m not going to talk about

Records (to make catalog cards)

Tolstoĭ, Lev Nikolaevich, graf, 1828-1910.

[Voina i mir. English]

x Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich, graf, 1828-1910. [War and peace]

Found: His War and peace, 1983.

Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich, graf, 1828-1910. [War and peace]

See Tolstoĭ, Lev Nikolaevich, graf, 1828-1910. [Voina i mir. English]

How authority control worked in a card catalog:

On item:Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg

On card in drawer 1:Department of … Departments are entered under the name of the body or government to which they are subordinate (e.g., University of Reading. Dept. of Geography; United States. Dept. of the Interior; etc.)

On card in drawer 2 at the other end of the catalog:University of Heidelberg see Heidelberg. Universität

On card in drawer 3: Heidelberg. Universität. Dept. of Psychiatry see Heidelberg. Universität. Psychiatrische Klinik

To summarize:Authority records in a card catalog

The system guided the user to the resource

The system anticipated the user’s missteps

The user couldn’t make a typo

The user got exercise

The system was carbon-neutral

Online, the card catalog doesn’t work so well

Futurama: DataTolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910

[Voina i mir. English]< Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. [War and peace]Found: His War and peace, 1983.Summary: “An epic novel of Russian society in the early 19th century. The war with Napoleon-

led France is the backdrop to personal stories of members from four aristocratic families: the Bezuhovs, Bolkonskys, Kuragins, and Rostovs. Love, death, war, spiritual struggle, and financial loss bring personal growth for the characters and underscore the main theme: the search for the meaning of life.”—Cliff notes.

Readability: Fog 12.4, Flesch 61.7, Flesch-Kincaid 9.51. NAPOLEONIC WARS, 1800-1815—CAMPAIGNS—RUSSIA—FICTION2. RUSSIA—HISTORY—ALEXANDER I, 1801-1825—FICTIONTranslation of: Война и мир

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Sources: GARR

1st ed. 1993 [GARE]Guidelines for Authority and Reference Entries

2nd ed. 2001 [GARR]Guidelines for Authority Records and References

GARR prescribed punctuation

Authority records and displays

= Parallel heading

< “See from” reference

<< “See also from” reference

Reference entry records and displays

> “See” reference

>> “See also” reference

Combined entry

All of the above plus >><<

GARR areas(authority records and displays)

1: Authorized heading area2: Information note area3: See reference tracing area4: See also reference tracing area5: Cataloger’s note area6: Source area7: ISADN area [R.I.P.]

GARR in practice: Bn-Opale

GARR in practice (sort of): NACO

FRAD sources

FRBR GARR UNIMARC Authorities MLAR ISAAR(CPF)

Bibliographic entities, names, and controlled access points

Bibliographic entities, names, and controlled access points Džo Šmo (person)

Džo Šmo (name) Šmo, Džo (controlled access point) Džo Šmo (controlled access point)

Josef Schmo (name) Schmo, Josef (controlled access point) Josef Schmo (controlled access point)

Joseph “Jojo” Chmeau (name) Chmeau, Joseph (controlled access point) Chmeau, Jojo (controlled access point) Joseph “Jojo” Chmeau (controlled access point)

Undifferentiated personal name

Alternate models

Many persons, one name: Manually change hdgs. on bib records as

each person is set free One person, one name

Automatically merge hdgs. on bib records as each person is set free

Differentiated namesRobert Baker (Disambiguation) Click on the appropriate name below:

Baker, Robert [Joint author of Polaroid Land photography, etc.]

Baker, Robert [Author of Dryland agriculture bibliography, etc.]

Baker, Robert [Signer of The Steadfast tin soldier]

Baker, Robert [Author of The Factory Acts made easy, etc.]

Baker, Robert [U.S. Forest Service employee] < Baker, Spike

Disambiguating with attributes

Beyond undifferentiated names:Non-unique names

Non-unique names: Ambiguating

FRAD person attributesFrom FRBR (AACR2 additions to names):

Dates associated with the personTitle of personOther designation associated with the person

New:GenderPlace of birthPlace of deathCountryPlace of residenceAffiliationAddressLanguage of personField of activityProfession/occupationBiography/history

New attributes: German

MAB2-PND 815: Daten zur Person in normierter Form

a Dates of birth/deathb Dates of activityc Place of birthd Place of deathe Place of activity/addressf Genderg Country [USEFUL]h Language of person [USEFUL]i Profession/occupationj Academic title (e.g., Professor)k Military rankl Titel von Universalgelehrten (e.g., Meister)m Personal relations (e.g., sister of Thomas Mann)u Other dates (e.g., exile)v Comments

MARC21 Authorities:How can we populate the German attributes? Dates associated with the person: 100$d Title of person: 100$c Other associated designation: 100$c

Gender: 670$a initial “His” or “Her” Place of birth: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Place of death: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Country: 670$b (free text) Place of residence: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Affiliation: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Address: 670$b (free text) Language of person: 670$b (free text) Field of activity: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Profession/occupation: 670$b (free text) or 678 (free text) Biography/history: 678 (free text)

So what do the Germans do?

Verknüpfte Publikationen

Control numbers (not to be confused with IDENTIFIERS)

LC/n50036026 DNB/118569740 BNF/FRBNF120369116

FOR [control number] GET [element1, element2 … elementn]

The power of the control number

http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/ca11890041f/ISBD

http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=118624822

http://lccn.loc.gov/2004268170

http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu:80/F/?func=direct&doc_number=001027163&local_base=MIU01_PUB

Wikipedia.de

Wikipedia.de catalog search

Wikipedia.de PND error reports

Works and names (1)History of <incoming link here>

<incoming link here> has been published under a succession of titles. Click on the appropriate link below:

1923-1935:Journal of the unchanging title

1936-1945:Journal of the occasionally changing title, but only for a very good reason

1946-1971: International journal of the whimsically changing title

1972- :Very annoying journal of the seemingly pointlessly changing title(title varies slightly and frequently)

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Works and names (2)History of <incoming link here>

<incoming link here> has been known by a succession of names. Its history is given below. Click on the appropriate link below:

1948-1961:Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

1961-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an organization of industrialized countries, established in 1961 and based in Paris, which seeks to promote coordination of economic and social policies among members, to make resources of capital and training available to developing countries, to contribute to the expansion of world trade, and to foster cooperation in fields such as education, energy, and transport. It was created as a replacement for the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, which had been formed in 1948 by those countries receiving aid under the Marshall Plan.—A Dictionary of World History (Oxford UP, 2000)

New relationships: membership

Person member of Family

Kennedy family (Joseph and Rose Kennedy)

Search also under the names of its members

John F. KennedyRobert F. KennedyEdward M. KennedyRose Fitzgerald Kennedy[etc.]

Bn-Opale

New relationships: hierarchical

Subordinate body part of Superior body

American Library Association

Search also under its components:Association for Library Collections and Technical ServicesLibrary and Information Technology AssociationPublic Library Association[etc.]

New relationships: FRBRLord of the rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Summary: Impossible to summarize.

Search also under the names of the 3 component books:

>> The fellowship of the ring (J. R. R. Tolkien)

>> The two towers (J. R. R. Tolkien)

>> The return of the king (J. R. R. Tolkien)

and under the name of its predecessor:

>> The hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien)

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What I didn’t talk about

What I really didn’t talk about

Conclusion

As the FRBR conceptual model has encouraged us to look at bibliographic records in new ways, so the FRAD model encourages us to look at authority data in new ways

Like libraries, these conceptual models are growing organisms

4.3 Attributes of a corporate body

Entity: the German Foreign Office is known as Germany. Auswärtiges Amt and assigned

info:lccn/n50074159 Is known as Deutschland. Auswärtiges Amt and

assigned info:d-nb.de/021177119 Is known as Allemagne. Auswärtiges Amt and

assigned info:ark/12148/cb123509443

But… Germany applies to 1871-1945 and 1991+ Deutschland and Allemagne apply only to 1991+

Attributes:Dates associated with a corporate body

1871-1945 Germany. Auswärtiges Amt Deutschland <Deutsches Reich>. Auswärtiges Amt Allemagne (1871-1945). Auswärtiges Amt

1990+ Germany. Auswärtiges Amt Deutschland. Auswärtiges Amt Allemagne. Auswärtiges Amt

Identifiers (the entity)

ISSNs may be assigned to more than one instance of a bibliographic entity: Print original Reprint 1, 2, etc. Microfilm 1, 2, etc. Microfiche 1, 2, etc.

VIAF

Person

Individual or persona = natural or public identity [ISNI]

RDA-FRAD mapping

FRBR entity attributes well mapped NAME entity mapped as “known by”

relationship from FRAD diagram CONTROLLED ACCESS POINT poorly

mapped No Base access point attribute No Addition attribute Both overlap related FRBR entity attributes

Deutsche Nationalbibliographie

Deutsche Nationalbibliographie

Smith, John (Künstler) (|1652-1742)Lebensdaten: |1652-1742 Beruf/Funktion: 4033423-5 Künstler

Bibliographie nationale française

Smith, John (1652-1742)

Nationalité(s) : Grande-BretagneSexe : masculinResponsabilité(s) exercée(s) sur les documents : AuteurNaissance : 1652, Daventrey, GBMort : 1742, Northampton, GB

Profession(s) : peintre, dessinateur, graveurDomaine(s) d'expression artistique : peinture, dessin, estampe

NACO (UkLW)

Smith, John, 1652-1743

Found: Allegorical figures of Love, Hope and Beauty struggling with the figure of Time. Mezzotint by J. Smith after S. Vouet)

Found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, 2004: (Smith, John, 1652-1743; engraver; in the first class of mezzotint engravers)

Customizing attributes

Boswell, James, 1740-1795. [Life of Samuel Johnson]

1. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.2. Authors, English—18th century—

Biography.

4.3 Attributes of a corporate body

MARC21: Where are the attributes?

Associated place Associated dates Associated other designation Type of body Language of body Address Field of activity History: 678

OPAC: What’s the tag?

[111] Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)

[150] Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)

[130] Time [n 94056291] [150] Time [sh 85135395]

Library crosswalks

VIAF

Cross-sector crosswalks

<indecs> primitives Being Thing Concept Event Situation

Cross-sector crosswalk

Undifferentiated headings

As long as the identifier distinguishes them, the names themselves can be identical

Easier to retroactively combine multiple records into one than to separate one into many