Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)

Established: April 2005

The draft report, Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) is now available for review and comment. The draft is available at http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/FRSAR/index.html or directly from http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/FRSAR/report090623.pdf (2,800 kb)

Comments deadline: July 31, 2009 to mzeng@kent.edu or asalaba@kent.edu. (The comment period is now closed.)

Terms of Reference

Build a conceptual model of Group 3 entities within the FRBR framework as they relate to the aboutness of works (Entities in Group 1 and Group 2 can be used as the subjects of works but further inclusion of them will depend on the outcomes of the work of the FRANAR Working Group),
provide a clearly defined, structured frame of reference for relating the data that are recorded in subject authority records to the needs of the users of those records, and
assist in an assessment of the potential for international sharing and use of subject authority data both within the library sector and beyond.

Chair:

Marcia Lei Zeng
E-mail: mzeng@kent.edu

Co-chairs:

Maja Zummer
Athena Salaba

Last update: 18 October 2009