Roger Fenton wrote:
> [The purpose of a dictionary catalog is …]
>
> 1. To enable a person to find a book of which either
>
> (A) the author
>
> (B) the title
>
> (C) the subject
>
> ...
>
Part of the FRBR model is an attempt to say what a catalog ought to do,
in more modern and more comprehensive terms. The language of FRBR has,
however, some bias toward the technical.
Sometime in the past I tried to rephrase FRBR in plain language,
and in particular, to say what catalogs are expected to do.
Here it is, in English: (and press the buttons to read more)
http://www.allegro-c.de/formate/gz-1e.htm
Regards, B. Eversberg
Received on Wed Jun 07 2006 - 10:46:09 EDT