As perhaps a testimony to the FRBR concept, it seems to fit neatly into
many different structural analyses. The FRBR document itself claims that
FRBR is based on the concepts used in relational databases ("The
methodology used in this study is based on an entity analysis technique
that is used in the development of conceptual models for relational
database systems." p 17). I admit that I saw the relationship between
the four bibliographic levels as having some of the qualities of
inheritance that are so valuable from the OOP world. And, as much of
FRBR is expressed already in entity-relationship terms, it fits in with
RDF.

Oddly, some of the RDF properties and classes in this schema do not come
directly from the FRBR document, so I'm unsure as to the origin of them,
or if they are FRBR concepts that the authors have chosen to rename.

kc

Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

>For those interested in the FRBR and/or RDF, see:
>
>http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core
>
>It's currently mostly undocumented, but it does model the basic
>relationships.  It's a first public draft, and the authors (Ian Davis
>and Richard Newman) are happily accepting comments.
>
>Bruce
>
>
>
>

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