BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework)
Librarianship Studies and Information Technology
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BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a data model for bibliographic description. BIBFRAME was designed to replace the MARC standards, and to use linked data principles to make bibliographic data more useful both within and outside the library community.
Initiated by the Library of Congress, BIBFRAME provides a foundation for the future of bibliographic description, both on the web, and in the broader networked world that is grounded in Linked Data techniques. A major focus of the initiative is to determine a transition path for the MARC 21 formats while preserving a robust data exchange that has supported resource sharing and cataloging cost savings in recent decades.
BIBFRAME provides a foundation for the future of bibliographic description that is grounded in Linked Data techniques.
Overview of the BIBFRAME 2.0 Model
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is an initiative to evolve bibliographic description standards to a linked data model, in order to make bibliographic information more useful both within and outside the library community³.
When a resource is cataloged -- a book, for example -- the resulting description includes information elements such as the author, what the book is about, various published forms, and information about copies of the book.
BIBFRAME 2.0 organizes this information into three core levels of abstraction: Work, Instance, and Item.
Work. The highest level of abstraction, a Work, in the BIBFRAME context, reflects the conceptual essence of the cataloged resource: authors, languages, and subjects.
Instance. A Work may have one or more individual, material embodiments, for example, a particular published form. These are Instances of the Work. An Instance reflects information such as its publisher, place and date of publication, and format.
Item. An item is an actual copy (physical or electronic) of an Instance. It reflects information such as its location (physical or virtual), shelf mark, and barcode.
Contents:
History
Design
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
BIBFRAME: Why? What? Who?
BIBFRAME versus Integrated Library System (ILS)
BIBFRAME Editor
BIBFRAME and Linked Data
BIBFRAME Linked Data: A Conceptual Study on the Prevailing Content Standards and Data Model
BIBFRAME Tools & Resources
BIBFRAME Semantic Web and Linked Data Quiz
BIBFRAME Videos
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2moThanks for sharing, Librarianship Studies
Masters Library & Information Science
3moLove this, Librarianship Studies
Head, Library and Information Services, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
3moBack in the early 1980s when I worked in the MARC Standards Office at the Library of Congress, we had a number of meetings where the concept of Work—->Instance—>Item was developed and batted around. I left LC before much more was done with it, and it appears that 40 years later, still not much more progress has been accomplished. The idea has a name, BIBFRAME, been fleshed out some, and a well thought-out analysis of how it might all fit together, but I don’t see exactly how it might be used to replace the millions of MARC21 records that currently reside in databases like OCLC, or in the thousands of individual or networked ILSs around the world. Maybe we should look toward MARC22 for implemention. The definition of a legacy system is a system that works, even imperfectly.
Librarian Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Librarian @ Lalji Mehrotra Lions School, Ahmedabad
3moHelpful insight, Librarianship Studies