| Subject: | [BIBFRAME] BIBFRAME Editor released |
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| Date: | Fri, 2 May 2014 10:54:49 -0400 |
| From: | McCallum, Sally <[log in to unmask]> |
| Reply-To: | Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum <[log in to unmask]> |
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BIBFRAME Editor released
The Library of Congress is pleased to
announce that a BIBFRAME Editor (BFE) is now available from
the BIBFRAME website. This tool is a front end input tool
that can be integrated with a back end datastore to create
original BIBFRAME descriptions, store them, and recall them
for editing. We expect this tool to help experimenters
create implementations that will test elements of the BIBFRAME
model and vocabulary, in addition to linked data aspects of
the BIBFRAME initiative. We see the use of this basic tool as
a component of experimental systems that YOU build and look
forward to a sharing of enhancements. (Implementers should
join the BIBFRAME Testbed!)
The Download version
enables implementers to take the tool, add a storage back end,
adjust profiles for local needs, and create and edit BIBFRAME
descriptions. This is the primary purpose of the tool.
Please read the technical documentation before attempting to
download! The Profiles specification, which we will
make available next week, is especially important if adjusting
the input templates to include elements needed for types of
cataloging and types of resources will be part of your
investigation.
The Demo
version supports input utilizing the current BIBFRAME
vocabulary. It does not include a datastore capability but
that will be an enhancement investigated by the Library and
YOU In the future.
In the next few days we will be editing a
number of documents available on the BIBFRAME web site to
bring them all as much in synch as possible in this R&D
environment. If you are new to the BIBFRAME initiative in
general or the BIBFRAME vocabulary in particular, here are a
few documents that help to understand the approach taken for
BIBFRAME. Of course the web site has many more documents
including the current model, vocabulary, and tools for
transforming MARC records to BIBFRAME descriptions.
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Sally H. McCallum
Chief, Network Development and MARC
Standards Office
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave.,
SE
Washington, DC 20540 USA
Tel: 1-202-707-5119 – Fax 1-202-707-0115
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