I should mention that I am keeping a wiki page [1] relating to the various versions of FRBR in RDF, with links to discussions around the issues of modeling -- in particular the question of defining the FRBR classes as disjoint. Also, FRAD [2] resembles FRBR in structure, but FRSAD [3] takes a very different approach with only two classes, Thema and Nomen. An interesting aspect of FRAD, which reflects standard library practice, is that it retains the concept of a "controlled access point" and includes a relationship to the rules under which the access point was developed and the agency that created the access point by applying the rules. If I run into discussions of these latter FRs I will add them to the wiki page. kc [1] http://futurelib.pbworks.com/w/page/48221836/FRBR%20Models%20Discussion (and linked from the home page http://futurelib.pbworks.com ) [2] http://www.ifla.org/publications/functional-requirements-for-authority-data (This is the web page for the committee. The English language version of FRAD is not available online, but there are other languages available on that page.) [3] http://www.ifla.org/files/classification-and-indexing/functional-requirements-for-subject-authority-data/frsad-final-report.pdf On 5/26/12 9:32 PM, Dan Brickley wrote: > Fyi > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From:* Riva Patricia <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> *Date:* 27 May 2012 02:33:43 EEST >> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> *Subject:* *[BIBFRAME] IFLA Functional Requirements namespaces published* >> *Reply-To:* Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum >> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> >> *Functional Requirements namespaces published* >> >> Namespaces for the Functional Requirements (FR) family of >> bibliographic metadata models have been published in Resource >> Description Framework (RDF), the basis of the Semantic Web. The models >> include Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), >> Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), and Functional >> Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD). The namespaces can be >> accessed at _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/_. >> >> The FR element set vocabularies include RDF classes and properties >> corresponding to FR entities, attributes, and relationships. Each >> class and property has a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for use in >> Semantic Web data triples. >> >> A full de-referencing service is available for each URI. When used in >> an ordinary Web browser, the URI displays HTML pages with >> human-readable information about the element or concept. When used in >> a semantic browser, the URI retrieves machine-readable information in >> RDF/XML format. It is also possible to retrieve this format using an >> ordinary Web browser. >> >> For example, the URI for the FRBR entity-relationship (FRBRer) model’s >> Group 1 entity “Work” is >> _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/C1001_. To retrieve the >> RDF/XML information in a normal Web browser, use >> _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/C1001.rdf_; that is, add >> the file extension “.rdf” to the URI. >> >> Another example is the FRSAD attribute “has appellation”: the URI of >> the corresponding RDF property is >> _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frsad/P2003_ and the RDF/XML file can >> be retrieved in a normal browser using the URL >> _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frsad/P2003.rdf_. >> >> The element set for a specific FR model can be accessed as follows: >> >> * >> >> FRBRer: _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/_ >> >> * >> >> FRAD: _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frad/_ >> >> * >> >> FRSAD: _http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frsad/_ >> >> The FR namespaces are maintained and accessed using the Open Metadata >> Registry (_http://metadataregistry.org/_). >> >> These element sets reflect the current published models, however, as >> the FR family is in the process of being consolidated, this may result >> in the eventual deprecation of some URIs. >> >> Pat Riva >> Coordonnatrice, section des monographies >> Direction du traitement documentaire des collections patrimoniales >> Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec >> 2275, rue Holt >> Montréal (Québec) H2G 3H1 >> Téléphone : 514 873-1101 poste 3624 >> Télécopieur : 514 873-7296 >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> www.banq.qc.ca <http://www.banq.qc.ca/> -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet