Cataloguing Section
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Final Report — 1998
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IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Approved by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing
September 1997
Contents
- Members of the IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Approach
- 1.3 Areas for Further Study
- 2. Objectives, Scope, and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Scope
- 2.3 Methodology
- 2.4 Components of the Study
- 3. Entities
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 The Entities
- 3.3 Aggregate and Component Entities
- 4. Attributes
- 4.1 Attributes of Entities
- 4.2 Attributes of a Work
- 4.3 Attributes of an Expression
- 4.4 Attributes of a Manifestation
- 4.5 Attributes of an Item
- 4.6 Attributes of a Person
- 4.7 Attributes of a Corporate Body
- 4.8 Attributes of a Concept
- 4.9 Attributes of an Object
- 4.10 Attributes of an Event
- 4.11 Attributes of a Place
- 5. Relationships
- 5.1 Bibliographic Relationships in the Context of the Model
- 5.2 Relationships Depicted in the High Level Diagrams
- 5.3 Other Relationships Between Group 1 Entities
- 6. User Tasks
- 6.1 Mapping Attributes and Relationships to User Tasks
- 6.2 Assessing Value Relative to User Tasks
- 7. Basic Requirements for National Bibliographic Records
- 7.1 Basic Level of Functionality
- 7.2 Basic Data Requirements
- 7.3 Basic Level National Bibliographic Record
- Appendix A
- Mapping of ISBD, GARE and GSARE Data Elements to Logical Attributes
Members of the IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Olivia Madison (Chair)
Iowa State University Library
John Byrum, Jr.
Library of Congress
Suzanne Jouguelet
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Dorothy McGarry
University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy Williamson
Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
Maria Witt
Médiathèque de la Cité des Sciences, Paris
Consultants
Tom Delsey
National Library of Canada
Elizabeth Dulabahn
Library of Congress
Elaine Svenonius
University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara Tillett
Library of Congress
Former members and consultants
Nancy John (Chair, August 1993-August 1995)
University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ben Tucker (Consultant, June 1992-June 1993)
Library of Congress
