Dbpedia probably allows for this, if the adaptations for the Jungle Book, for example, are listed in the wikipedia article. Ethan On Apr 12, 2013 12:29 PM, "Michele R Combs" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all --**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone know of a project or a prototype that allows the end user to > display / discover / navigate relationships between a work and various > expressions of that work?**** > > ** ** > > For example, let's say the work is Rudyard Kipling's *The Jungle Book*. > Let's say that I have in my collection 20 editions of the book, in English > and other languages; a videotape of the Disney movie; a complete run of the > comic book series *Petit d'homme* ("Man Cub") which retells the stories > in a futuristic post-apocalyptic setting; a copy of Neil Gaiman's *The > Graveyard Book*, inspired by *The Jungle Book* and with many scenes that > map directly to scenes in the original; a kids’ video game in which Mowgli > and other characters from the book have adventures; the libretto + music > from the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s 2006 adaptation for their Theater > For Young Audiences; a 33-1/3 LP recording of the *Jungle Book Cycle* by > composer Percy Grainger; original sketches and drawings by [some famous > artist] which the artist says were inspired by the book; a copy of a > Stephen King novel which includes quotes from the book; a poetry anthology > entitled *Jungle Rhymes* for which contributors wrote original poems > about, or related to, or somehow connected to the book; a book of lit crit > essays on various aspects of *The Jungle Book*; and lots more stuff.**** > > ** ** > > So, in this hypothetical system, there would be a record for the work: *The > Jungle Book* by Rudyard Kipling, and there would be a record for each of > these items. There would also be relationships defined between the work > and each of the items, including the nature of that relationship, for > example “edition of” “adaptation of” “translation of” “is quoted in” and so > on. The end user could then look up a *work* and immediately see all the > *items* related to that work, and also see exactly *how* they are related. > **** > > ** ** > > For those of you know FRBR, this is basically the FRBR model. I’m > wondering if anybody has mocked up or prototyped or (gasp!) implemented an > * end-user interface* that makes those relationships visible to/navigable > by the end user.**** > > ** ** > > I did google “FRBR prototypes”, of course :) and I found a good amount of > stuff on back-end systems and algorithms for creating/maintaining this > data, but not so much on what it would/could look like to the end user. * > *** > > ** ** > > I did find this one: http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com (may take > several seconds to load). Under "Genre" click on "Drama" and then look at > the list of results (the first one is "Citizen Kane"). The work info is > displayed first, followed by info about specific instantiations (or > manifestations, I can't remember the right term). This is still very > linear and "list-y," though, whereas I think it would be fun to see > something more graphic (info visualization rather than info list), and the > type of relationship is not given, but it's still quite interesting.**** > > > Anyway, does anybody know of anything?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks --**** > > ** ** > > +++++++++++++++**** > > Michele Combs**** > > Lead Archivist**** > > Special Collections Research Center**** > > Syracuse University**** > > 315-443-2081**** > > [log in to unmask] **** > > scrc.syr.edu **** > > library-blog.syr.edu/scrc**** > > ** ** > > ** ** >