RE: WorldCat Works Data

• From: Svensson, Lars <L.Svensson@dnb.de>
• Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:27:21 +0000
• To: "Wallis,Richard" <Richard.Wallis@oclc.org>
• Cc: "public-schemabibex@w3.org" <public-schemabibex@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <24637769D123E644A105A0AF0E1F92EFA43E2DE6@dnbf-ex1.AD.DDB.DE>

Richard,

> Note that the Works published from WorldCat are defined as instances of
> schema:CreativeWork.
> 
> What you say may well be correct, but the data may not adhere strictly to the
> FRBR rules and levels.
> 
> I say ‘may not’ as we are still working the modelling behind this and a
> language specific Work may become just an example of a more general Work
> - there again it may become more Expression-like.  There is a balance to be
> struck between FRBR rules and a wider, non-library, understanding.

OK, then I withdraw my comment. The semantics of schema:CreativeWork are definitely different from those of a frbr:Work.

/Lars

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