Relationships in FRBR

A presentation byDr. Barbara B. Tillett

May 2, 2005FRBR Workshop

Dublin, Ohio

Entity-Relationship Model

• Entities

• Relationships

• Attributes

FRBR

relationship

Entity 1 Entity 2

Relationships

• Inherent to the model– Among the entities in

Group 1– Across entities in the

various groups (roles, subjects)

• Content relationships– Equivalent– Derivative– Descriptive– Whole/Part– Part to part

(sequential)– Accompanying– Shared characteristic

Objectives of Catalogs

• Cutter’s objectives for the catalog– Finding - description and access standards

– Collocating - controlled “vocabularies” for precision of searching

“User Tasks” - FRBR• Find (locate and collocate)• Identify• Select• Obtain

• Relate• Other possible tasks:

– Attribute Royalties to– Preserve

Work

Expression

Manifestation

Item

is realized through

is embodied in

is exemplified by

Group 1

recursive

one

many

FRBR

Group 1 - Relationships Inherent to the Entities

• Work “is realized by” an expression

– Expression “is embodied in” a manifestation

• Manifestation “is exemplified by” an item

–Item

FRBR

Relationships -Work/Expression

w1 Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol

e1 the author’s original English text

e2 a Tamil translation by V.A. Venkatachari

FRBR, p. 59

“is realized by”FRBR

Relationships - Work/Expression/Manifestation

w1 J.S. Bach’s Goldberg variations

e1 performance by Glen Gould in 1981

m1 recording released on 331/3 rpm sound disc in 1982 by CBS Records

m2 recording re-released on compact disc in 1993 by Sony

m3 digitization of the Sony re-release as MP3 in 2000

Based on FRBR, p. 59 “is embodied in”FRBR

Relationships - Work/Expression/Manifestation/Item w1 Lost treasures of the world

e1 the interactive electronic resource

m1 the CD published in 1994 by Follgard CD-

Visions

i1 first copy held by Calgary Public Library i2 second copy held by Calgary Public

Library

FRBR, p. 60“is exemplified by”

FRBR

FRBR Group 1 Content Relationships

• Equivalent

• Derivative

• Descriptive

Work to work relationships areinherited by hierarchically related

ExpressionsManifestationsItems

EQUIVALENT

Cataloging Rulescut-off point

Same work New work

DERIVATIVE DESCRIPTIVE

Parody

Revision

Translation

Criticism

Variations or versions

Editions SummaryAbstractDigest

Annotated edition

Expurgatededition

DramatizationNovelization

Freetranslation

Imitations

Evaluation

Review

Casebook

Commentary

Abridgededition

Arrangement

ScreenplayLibrettoIllustrated

edition

Slightmodifications Adaptations

Change of genre

Original

Same style or thematic content

Microformreproduction

Copy

Exactreproduction

Facsimile

Reprint

Simultaneous“publication”

Same Expression New Expression

Family of Works

New Work B. TillettDec. 2001

Equivalent Content:Multiple Manifestations

Derivative Relationships:Same work

• Editions

• Translations

• Performances

Derivative Relationships: New works

• Parodies

• Adaptations

Descriptive Relationships:New works

• Commentaries

• Evaluations

• Criticisms

• Reviews

Whole-Part Relationships

• Components

• Aggregates

Whole-Part Relationships

Shape = container/ carrierColor = content

WORKS WITHIN WORKSComponents/Aggregates

Part-to-Part Relationships

• Component to component– Sequential Relationship– Accompanying Relationship (or

Companion Relationship)• Dependent• Independent

Accompanying Relationships

Shape = container/ carrierColor = content

Sequential Relationships

Part-to-Part Relationships

WORKS WITHIN WORKSComponents-to-Component

Shared Characteristics Relationships

• Different works sharing an element (attribute) in common

Shared Characteristic Relationships

DIFFERENT WORKS

= data element or informationshared in common

Group 1 tp Group 2 Relationships

• Roles

Relationships – Person/Work

w1 The shepheardes calendar

w2 The faerie queen

w3 Astrophel

… etc.

p1 Edmund Spenser

FRBR, p. 61

“created by”FRBR

Relationships - Corporate Body/Expression

e1 a 1980 performance of Allegri’s Miserere

e2 a 1986 performance of Josquin’s Missa pange lingua

e3 a 1989 performance of Lassus’ Missa osculetur me

...

cb1 The Tallis Scholars

FRBR, p. 61

“realized by”FRBR

Relationships - Corporate Body/Manifestation

m1 the 1965 publication by Coach House Press of Wayne Clifford’s Man in a window

m2 the 1966 publication by Coach House Press

of Joe Rosenblatt’s The LSD Leacock

m3 the 1966 publication by Coach House Press

of Henry Beissel’s New wings for Icarus...

cb1 Coach House Press

FRBR, p. 62“produced by”

FRBR

Relationships - Corporate Body/Item

i1 a copy of the “Penkill Proofs” of D.G. Rossetti’s Poems printed in August 1869, with manuscript annotations by the author

i2 a copy of the “A Proofs” of D.G. Rossetti’s

Poems printed in September 1869, with manuscript annotations by the author

...cb1 Princeton University Library

FRBR, p. 62

“owned by”FRBR

Relationships – Subject/Work

c1 Romanticism

w1 Morse Peckham’s Beyond the Tragic Vision

w2 Romanticism reconsidered, edited by Northrup Frye

...

FRBR, p. 63

“is the subject of”FRBR

Applications

• Classics of literature vs. scientific studies

• Examples in the OCLC database– Stephen King

• 102 works, 231 manifestations

– Shakespeare’s Hamlet• 1 work, 2696 manifestations

– Rowling, J.K. (Harry Potter stories)• 28 works, 300 manifestations

Collocation by Expressions

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.– Books – Danish– Books – Dutch– Books – English– Books – French– Books – Spanish– Motion Pictures – English

FRBR-ize MARC records

OCLC’s algorithm

http://www.oclc.org/research/software/frbr/

LC’s display tool

http://www.loc.gov/marchttp://www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/tool.html

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943? The English patient.

Text - EnglishSound recording - English

[Work][Expressions]

[Person]

Related Works The English patient.

Motion picture - English[Work][Expression]

Minghella, Anthony. The English patient.

Text - English

[Work]

[Expression]

Possible Hierarchical Display Level

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943? The English patient. [Work]

Text - English [Expression] The English patient / Michael Ondaatje. [Manifestation]

Imprint: Thorndike Press ; Chivers Press, 1997. Physical description: 455 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0786211512 (U.S. hd. : alk. paper) ISBN: 0754010457 (U.K. hd.) ISBN: 075402024X (U.K. pbk.)

The English patient / by Michael Ondaatje. [Manifestation] Edition: 1st Vintage International ed. Imprint: Vintage Books, 1993. Physical description: 305 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN: 0679745203

Sound recording - English [Expression] The English patient / by Michael Ondaatje. [Manifestation]

Imprint: Macmillan Audio Books, p1997. Physical description: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 4

hrs.) : analog. ISBN: 0333675568 Publisher's number: MAB 15 Macmillan Audio

Books

Related Works The English patient. [Work] Motion picture - English [Expression] The English patient / Miramax Films presents a Saul Zaentz Production ; an Anthony Minghella Film.

[Manifestation] Imprint: Miramax Home Entertainment, [1998] Physical description: 1 videodisc (162 min.) :

bsd., col. ; 4 ¾ in.ISBN: 1558908307 Publisher's number: 14175 Miramax

…Imprint: Miramax Home Entertainment, c1997. Physical description: 2 laserdiscs (162 min.) :

sd., col. ; 12in.

The English patient / produced J&M Entertainment ; Miramax films ; directed by Anthony Minghella. [Manifestation] Imprint: 1996. Physical description: 18 reels of 18 on 9 : sd.,

col. ; 35 mm. ref print.

Minghella, Anthony. The English patient. [Work] Text - English [Expression] The English patient / Anthony Minghella ; [Manifestation] based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje ; introduction by Michael Ondaatje.

Edition: 1st ed. Imprint: Hyperion Miramax Books, c1996. Physical description: xviii, 189 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ISBN: 078688245X

FRBR futures

• Terminology• Concepts

– Entities– Relationships– Attributes

• Goals of bibliographic control– Finding– Collocating

Thank you!

• Slides 18, 20, 22, and a modifed version of 12 were published in Barbara B. Tillett, “Bibliographic Relationships.” In Relationships in the Organization of Knowledge, edited by Carol A. Bean and Rebecca Green, 19-35. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.© 2001 All Rights Reserved.If these images are reused, please include this citation.