On 18 Oct 2011, at 16:28, Jakob Voss wrote: > > > Another reason why I do not care about frbr:Expression is that we just don't have this distinction in our catalogues. We only have bibliographic records and holdings items. The latter map to frbr:item, but I am not sure about the former. So I better wait until we have real world data that covers both expressions and manifestations. > > MARC records don't always differentiate between manifestations and items either - for example the 561 which gives information on the custodial history for an item - see an example at http://hooke.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/bib_seek.cgi?cat=ul&bib=2458009. I suppose I'm saying - don't wait until we have real world data that neatly separates out frbr entities! (not that I'm convinced FRBR is a desirable destination but there you go) Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: owen@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936Received on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 08:27:38 GMT
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