Yee Cataloging Rules (YCR), or, Alternative RDA

an experiment in designing a different approach to FRBR-izing the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules with a focus on the rules

for continuing resourcesContinuing Resources Cataloging Committee Update Forum

Midwinter 2008, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJanuary 14, 2008

INTRODUCTION

Martha M. YeeCataloging SupervisorUCLA Film & Television Archivemyee@ucla.edu

As you can see, NOT a serials cataloger (I tremble before you!)

WEB SITE

http://myee.bol.ucla.edu

Yee cataloging rules and RDF model

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI’ve gotten a LOT of help from the

following people:Everett AllgoodSherman ClarkeRenette DavisGreta de GroatNeil HughesEd JonesKelley C. McGrath

QUICK SUMMARY

A quick summary of what the rules are trying to do

QUICK SUMMARY

1. An experiment in designing rules that guide catalogers in mapping data elements to FRBR group 1 entities (work, expression, manifestation, and item) so that the resulting records can be used to build FRBR-ized displays for users

QUICK SUMMARY

2. A suggestion that we try to create entity definitions that are more likely to correspond to those of our users and those of catalogers in other countries; to do this, the rules discard the change-of-name-is-change-of-identity principle.

QUICK SUMMARY

3. An experiment in data modeling. I am working on an RDF (Resource Description Framework) model of the resultant rules to try to find weak spots in RDF where it cannot accommodate our data.

1. FRBR MAPPING

Continuing resources:Work identified by latest title

in conjunction with principal creator if applicable

1. FRBR MAPPING

Serials:new work created only by

splits and mergersnot by title changenot by restarting the

numbering

1. FRBR MAPPING

Serials:Expression for simultaneously

released editions, such as different language editions or newspaper editions for different markets

1. FRBR MAPPING

Serials:a new entity introduced called a

title-manifestation to deal with major serial title changes

minor title changes summarized in the title-manifestation description

1. FRBR MAPPING

Monographs:an example of monographic title-

manifestations would be an expression of a work that is simultaneously published in the United States and Great Britain under two different titles but with identical content

1. FRBR MAPPINGSerial:a hollow shell containing other

works; underlying content changes with every issue

therefore content change, which is fundamental for defining expression with monographs, cannot be used for defining FRBR entities for serials

1. FRBR MAPPING

Serials:manifestation for copies in different

physical formats or for copies distributed differently (e.g., print plus more than one online copy with different URLs plus microfilm copies from different publishers)

1. FRBR MAPPING

Degression:work level: all data elements that

apply to every expression/title-manifestation/manifestation of the work

1. FRBR MAPPING

Degression:expression level: all data

elements that apply to every title-manifestation/manifestation of the expression

1. FRBR MAPPING

Degression:title-manifestation level: all data

elements that apply to every manifestation of the title-manifestation

1. FRBR MAPPINGDegression:the same data element can migrate up

and down the FRBR levels depending on the circumstances

Example:If all expressions, title-manifestations

and manifestations are illustrated, the illustration statement goes at the work level and is not repeated at any of the lower levels

1. FRBR MAPPING

Record structure:None specified in the rules. The

rules could be used to create work-based records, expression-based records, title-manifestation-based records, or manifestation-based records.

1. FRBR MAPPINGDisplay:Fundamental principle on the web is to

separate data definition from displayAll cataloging data is useless without

effective display softwareIn these rules, manifestation data would

be incomprehensible if displayed without the context provided by title-manifestation, expression and work data

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

Current approach:Change of name is change of

identityChange of title creates a new serial

workChange of name in a corporate

body creates a new corporate body

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

Do users really consider change of name to be change of identity?

This principle is a major source of confusion for users trying to find entities in our catalogs

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

actual international agreement on which name changes cause entity change is unlikely (even though the principle is enshrined in Paris principles and ICP)

our entity definitions would be more likely to agree internationally if we dropped the principle that change of name causes change of identity

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

If we could agree on entity definitions internationally, it would be a lot easier to build a virtual international authority file

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

A virtual international authority file could underpin the ability to use names commonly known in English in predominantly English-speaking libraries

Example:Palestine Liberation OrganizationNotMunazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyah

2. REFORMED ENTITY DEFINITIONS

A virtual international authority file could underpin the ability to allow OPAC users to define their language, script and transliteration preferences such that sophisticated software could switch to the preferred forms in the selected language, script and/or transliteration scheme for that user only

3. RDF MODELRDF (Resource Description Framework) is a

flavor of XML that is the underpinning of Tim Berners-Lee’s semantic web being developed by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

As such, it has the potential to become as widely adopted as HTML has been.

A language that can be used to define classes and properties, as well as relationships among them, in order to label data for publication and sharing over the web.

3. RDF MODEL

I have set up a blog to discuss problems that arise in the course of developing the RDF data model:

http://yeecatrule.wordpress.com

3. RDF MODELI’m hoping that this will be a vehicle to help

us as a community learn more about RDF so we are better equipped to evaluate RDF data models for our cataloging data.

example: the planned development of RDA as an RDF vocabulary for use in developing a Dublin Core application profile. http://dublincore.org/dcmirdataskgroup/FrontPage

DISPLAY EXAMPLE

Strongly disagree with RDA’s abdication of any responsibility for display

Yee rules collect the data and try to model it so as to support the display in your handout

DISPLAY EXAMPLE

Initial display of work among other works:

American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of work description once user has selected this work above:American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of

the American Society for Information Science and Technology.Original language: EnglishBegan with: v. 1 (Winter, 1938)Originally published in Chicago, Illinois, by the American Library Association.Type of content: journalillustrated.Subject(s):Documentation--Periodicals.Information science--Periodicals.Discipline(s):Z1007.A477 [General bibliography--Periodicals]

Editions (Expressions) [in cases like this in which there is only one available expression, this display line could be replaced with the default display of the latest title-manifestation below, with the works related and works about links at the bottom]

Works related to this workWorks about this work

DISPLAY EXAMPLE

Display of expressions once user has selected the hotlink above:

Work: American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

English.

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of English expression once user has selected the hotlink above

(note that the latest title-manifestation displays as a default on the same screen with the expression description, with other title-manifestations available in the form of hotlinks below):

Work: American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2001-Language: English. Began with: v. 1 (Winter, 1938)

Latest title (title-manifestation): Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology :

JASIST.Subtitles: 2001-: JASIST.Began with: Vol. 52, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-2001-2004: New York, N.Y. : John Wiley & Sons, c2001-2004.2005: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2005-2001-2004: Fourteen no. a year.2005-: Monthly, except twice in Jan. and Feb.Mode of issuance: Issued in successive parts.ISSN-L: 1532-2882

Copies availablePrevious titles this expression has held (title-manifestations)

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of other title-manifestations once user has

selected the hotlink above:Work: American Society for Information Science

and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Previous titles (title-manifestations):1938-1942: Journal of documentary reproduction.

Copies available1950-1969: American documentation. Copies

available1970-2000: Journal of the American Society for

Information Science. Copies available

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of manifestations of the latest title-

manifestation once user has selected the 'Copies available' hotlink above:

Work: American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2001-

1. volumes ; 28 cm.ISSN: 1532-2882

2. 1 online resourceISSN: 1532-2890

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of the American documentation title-

manifestation once user has selected the '1950-1969: American documentation.' hotlink above:

Work: American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Title (title-manifestation): American documentation.1950-1967: Washington, D.C. : American Documentation Institute, c1950-1967.1968-1969: Washington, D.C. : American Society for Information Science, c1968-1969.Began with: vol. 1, no. 1 (winter 1950)Ended with: vol. 20, issue 4 (Oct. 1969)Frequency: Quarterly.ISSN-L: 0096-946X

Copies available

DISPLAY EXAMPLEDisplay of the manifestations of American documentation

once user has selected the 'copies available' hotlink above:

Work: American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Title (title-manifestation): American documentation.1. 20 volumes ; 27 cm.

Mode of issuance: Issued in successive parts.ISSN: 0096-946X

2. 1 online resourceMode of issuance: Issued in successive parts.ISSN: 1936-6108

3. microfilm reelsgeneration: service copyMode of issuance: Issued in two or more parts simultaneously.ISSN: 0096-946X

DISPLAY EXAMPLENOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING VARIANTS

MUST BE STORED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN ALLOW A USER TO MATCH ON ANY VARIANT OF EITHER THE CREATOR NAME OR THE WORK TITLE USED IN THE WORK IDENTIFIER (SEE SECTION 1.3):

Creator name variants:ASIS & TASISTWork title variants:J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci. and Tech.JASIST

DISPLAY EXAMPLENOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING TITLE

VARIANTS SHOULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE PARTICULAR EXPRESSION OR EXPRESSIONS BEARING THAT TITLE (SEE SECTION 2.3):

Journal of documentary reproductionAmerican documentationAm. doc.Journal of the American Society for

Information ScienceJ. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.JASIS

DISPLAY EXAMPLENOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE

NAME VARIANTS SHOULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE PARTICULAR EXPRESSION OR EXPRESSIONS BEARING THAT NAME VARIANT IN THE EXPRESSION STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Science Service. Documentation Institute.Science Service. Documentation Division.American Documentation Institute.American Society for Information Science.

CAVEATS

Definitely experimental

CAVEATS

No expectation that anyone would actually implement

CAVEATS

A demonstration code to make the ideas behind it more concrete

CAVEATS

A think piece to get people to start imagining ways we could use current telecommunications technology (i.e. the internet) differently than we do now, in order to create better catalogs for our users