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FRBR/FRAD Intentions and RDA:

FRBR/FRAD Intentions and RDA:. MOUG 2012 Fairmont Hotel Dallas. Where are we now?. Jean Harden Music Catalog Librarian University of North Texas. Topics. Background Intent of FRBR, FRAD, and RDA User Tasks Two problems FRBR to RDA Internal to RDA.

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FRBR/FRAD Intentions and RDA:

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  1. FRBR/FRAD Intentionsand RDA: MOUG 2012 Fairmont Hotel Dallas Where are we now? Jean Harden Music Catalog Librarian University of North Texas

  2. Topics • Background • Intent of FRBR, FRAD, and RDA • User Tasks • Two problems • FRBR to RDA • Internal to RDA

  3. FRBR, FRAD, and RDA are all based on Entity-Relationship model.

  4. E-R Model • Group 1 • Work • Expression • Manifestation • Item • Group 2 • Person • Corporate Body • Family • Group 3 • Concept • Object • Event • Place

  5. Intent of FRBR • Focus is on the User • Outside-the-library users: publishers, distributors, retailers, etc. • Inside-the-library uses: purchasing or acquisitions, cataloging, inventory management, circulation & ILL, preservation, as well as reference and information retrieval

  6. Intent of FRAD • Deliberately limited to the library sector • But conducted “with a view to comparative analysis with other sectors”

  7. Intent of RDA • To be aligned with FRBR and FRAD for resource discovery • Other purposes are explicitly excluded from scope

  8. User Tasks • FRBR, FRAD, and RDA all have them. • Slightly different lists, slightly different definitions.

  9. RDA User Tasks: • Find • Select • Identify • Obtain • Clarify • Understand

  10. Two Problems • RDA Core falls short of FRBR Basic Level of Functionality • RDA Core requirement fails to fulfill an RDA Core task.

  11. Problem 1RDA Core/FRBR Basic Level:“Find” • RDA Core omits the Find task almost entirely • FRBR Basic Level of Functionality includes Find for manifestations • One facet: Find all manifestations embodying the various expressions of a given work

  12. Problem 2RDA Core “Identify” • RDA Core includes the Identify task • identify and select a manifestation • identify works and expressions embodied in a manifestation

  13. Problem 2 continuedRDA Core“Work manifested” • “Work manifested” is Core • If more than one, only the first or the predominant one is Core

  14. Practical Result • Sound recording titled Haydn, Mendelssohn & Schubert. • Contains 3 works, one by each composer. • No work is predominant. • The first named is the Haydn. • So in RDA Core, all you have to mention in the data is the Haydn.

  15. RDA to RDA Conflict • No Mendelssohn and Schubert need be mentioned. • Does RDA Core (first piece only) fulfill the Core RDA user task Identify? • Identify works and expressions embodied in a manifestation

  16. Conceptual problem • RDA Core doesn’t even fulfill its own declared Core tasks in this case

  17. Looking Back • Background • Intent of FRBR, FRAD, and RDA • User Tasks • Two problems

  18. Thank you --- Jean Harden University of North Texas jean.harden@unt.edu

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