frbr outside the box
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FRBR as a datamodel for bibliographic metadata focuses too much on traditional library content/publications. The model can be improved for linked data environments by making it a flexible networked modelTRANSCRIPT
FRBR outside the box
Lukas Koster@lukask
Library Systems CoordinatorLibrary of the University of Amsterdam
Datasalon 6, Brussels, January 21, 2011http://www.flickr.com/photos/theartguy/41109526
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Traditional library catalogue metadataBooks Journals
Editions
Copies
Titles
Issues
Physical objects
Store, locate, transport
NOT about content!
No relations between editions
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (‘publications’) (IFLA, 1998)
• Functional Requirements for Authority Data (‘authors’)
• Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (‘subjects’)
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR-ised metadataBooks Journals
Editions
Copies
Titles
Issues
Original
AdaptationTranslation
Articles
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR-ised metadataBooks Journals
Editions
Copies
Issues
Original
AdaptationTranslation
Articles
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR Group 1 Entities - WEMIBooks
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR – so far so good?
• Improvement: yes: relations between editions.• But: still focused on traditional library material
– Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records!– Library holdings– Hierarchical– Aggregation (“Work”)– Mainly text
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR – so far so good?
• Other types?– Music: LP’s, tapes,
CD’s– Movies: tapes,
DVD’s
• Even more physical objects…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opethpainter/3452027651
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR in Linked Data?
In a digital online linked data environmentFRBR is simply not good enough
(Not even with ebooks)
•Is an ebook a Manifestation?•PDF, EPUB, MOBI,….•What are the Items?
Libraries should focus more on being a gateway to information instead of information carriers
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January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
People want information, not books
• Don’t focus on information aggregates’ metadata
• Focus on content!• Start with smallest possible
unit of information– Text– Image– Audio– Video– …
• Networked, linked data model• FRBR can be one of the
models
Unit of information
Unit of information
Unit of information
Unit of information
Unit of information
Unit of information
Unit of information
created bybased on
translation of
aggregated in
performed by
subject of
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Units of information/aggregations
• Text– Story– Chapter– Section– Paragraph– Article– Poem– Part– …
• Theater, movies, tv– Story– Scene– Line– …
• Music– Track– Song– Part– …
• Text– Novel– Textbook– Article– Journal– Serial– Issue– Compilation– …
• Theater, movies, tv– Show– TV series– Production– Performance– …
• Music– Album– Opera– Musical– Performance– …
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Linked data model of units of information - benefits• Cataloguing/description/
metadata:– More detailed descriptions of
traditional material• Books: chapters• Articles: quotes• etc.
– Description of relations with other information
• Movies• etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicco/4988566980
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Linked data model of units of information - benefits• Creation of information:
– New aggregations• Mixed:
text+movie+audio+image+?
– New relations• Views on specific subject
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January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Journal 2Issue 1
Example non fiction
Story A1
Story B
Book
Story C
John Smith
Peter Jones
Mary King
Ann Johnson
WebsiteJournal 1Issue 1
Textbook
written by
wri
tten
by
written byauth
or o
f
published in
publ
ishe
d in
publ
ishe
d in
published in
published inpublish
ed in
com
pile
d by
chap
ter in
available as
Story A2
Story A3
written
by
chapter in
FRBR
Library catalogue
FRBR?
FRBR?
Journal 2
Journal 1
FRBR?
FRBR?
FRBR?
revi
ew o
f
Story D
quote from
published in
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
“A work of works”
“A manifestation embodying multiple expressions”
“An expression embodied in multiple manifestations”
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
FRBR view
Work: story
Work: book Expression: book Manifestation: book
Expression: story
Manifestation: textbook
Manifestation: journal issueFRBR: Work?/Expression?: No! No content as suchManifestation? No! Not physical
chapter FRBR??
essay
article
FRBR??
JournalSee http://www.ifla.org/en/events/frbr-working-group-on-aggregates
FRBR??
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Example fiction: Millennium
Story 0: Lisbeth Salander’s life
Story 1: Harriet Vanger mystery
Story 2: Sex trafficking
Story 3: Illegal secret service unit
Trilogy
par
t of
part of
part of
based on
based on
based on
Library catalogue
FRBR
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Example: theater plays
Waiting for Godot
Wachtenop Godot (NL)
En attendantGodot (FR)
Production2009
Production2010
Performance 1
Performance 2
Performance 3
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
1st Edition2007
2nd Edition2010
Copy 1
Copy 2
Copy 3
Theater Text/Publisher/Library
FRBR
Videoregistration
?Article
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Photo
LibraryCatalogue
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Example relations: Anne FrankThe girl
The war
The house
The diary
The book
The movie
The playAbout
Library catalogue
FRBR
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
Example Relations
Pieter Breughel‘Christ carrying the cross’ painting ‘The mill and the cross’ movie
Lech Majewski (director)
based on
book
about
Michael Francis Gibson
wri
ter
Library catalogue
FRBR
FRBR???
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
New aggregations
http://flashmedia.uva.nl/avc/ic/uvalink/3/
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
New aggregations
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Timeline/#
January 21, 2011 FRBR outside the box - Lukas Koster
New aggregations
http://www.qwiki.com/q/#Hieronymus_Bosch