How to use FRBR
Introduction
What is FRBR?
"Functional Requirements for Bibliographical Records (FRBR) is a conceptual model of the bibliographical universe outlined in a 1998 report from the international Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The report uses entity-relationship analysis to "provide a clearly defined, structured framework for relating the data that are recorded in bibliographic records to the needs of the users of those records". (FRBR Report, p.7) The most influential parts of the FRBR report are the definitions of user tasks and bibliographical entities". (Quote from TechEssence, May 2006)
Definition of FRBR bibliographic entities
FRBR defines three group of entities:
I. The first and primary group contains four entities:
- WORK: the distinct intellectual or artistic creation
- EXPRESSION: the intellectual or artistic realization of a work
- MANIFESTATION: the physical embodiment of an expression of a work
- ITEM: a single exemplar of a manifestation
II. The second group includes entities responsible for the intellectual or artistic content, the production, or ownership of entities in the first group (e.g. persons and corporate bodies)
III. The third group includes entities that represnet concepts, objects, events and places. Entities in the third group asa well as those in the first two groups form the subject of a work