Projects/Bibliographica/FRBR

= About FRBR =

FRBR = Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records


 * Work
 * Expression (aka Edition)
 * Manifestation
 * Item

Good overviews in [1] and [2].

= Notes =


 * Bibliographic records correspond to a Manifestation (or even an Item).
 * Manifestation: actual book with isbn, cd, dvd etc
 * Translations: either new work or new expression (hard to tell -- see diagram in [1])
 * From our point of view prefer they count as new works but marked as derivative (derivative) works by copyright law.

= Examples =

Book: The Forsyte Saga by Galsworthy

 * au: Galsworthy
 * work: Forsyte Saga
 * expression: Forsyte Saga X Edition
 * manifestation: Penguin book isbn XXXXX published ...

Book: Guizot's Hamlet (tr. of Shakespeare's Hamlet)

 * au: Guizot
 * work: Hamlet (by Shakespeare or by Guizot?)
 * translation-of: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
 * expression: Hamlet by Guizot (first created/published at ....)
 * manifestation: isbn YYYY published

Recording: von Karajan recording of Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in A minor

 * work (composition): Beethoven Symphony in A minor
 * work: (recording/performance): von Karajan recording
 * performance-of: composition work
 * date ...
 * expression: ???
 * manifestation (release)
 * may contain many recordings
 * has tracks etc

= Bibliography =


 * 1) http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
 * 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records
 * 3) http://openlibrary.org/about/frbrization
 * 4) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicat#Design
 * 5) http://vocab.org/frbr/core.html
 * 6) http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/docs/frbr_oo/frbr_docs/FRBR_oo_V0.8.1c.pdf
 * 7) http://knowledgeforge.net/pdw/hg/file/tip/docs/frbr.txt
 * 8) http://www.frbr.org/