Tag Archives: FRBR

Comments on the paper Ceci n'est pas un hamburger

Posted on January 10, 2012 by David Shotton

Very VERY occasionally I read a paper that is so well written, and which addressed the points so accurately and so eloquently, that I rejoice.  The paper by Pettifer et al. entitled Ceci n’est pas un hamburger: modelling and representing … Continue reading →

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Comparison of BIBO and FaBiO

Posted on June 29, 2011 by David Shotton

BIBO v1.3, the Bibliographic Ontology developed by Bruce D’Arcus and Frédérick Giasson [1], was the first OWL ontology dedicated to describing bibliographic entities, and has attracted a wide group of users. It provided the much-needed ability to describe the nature … Continue reading →

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Extending FRBR within FaBiO

Posted on June 29, 2011 by David Shotton

FRBR, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records [1] is a general model, proposed by the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA), for describing bibliographic documents. It works for both physical and digital resources and has proved to be very flexible … Continue reading →

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