The Indiana University Variations3 digital music library project has performed a series of experiments designed to maximize the information we can map to our work-based metadata model from MARC Bibliographic and Authority records. The biggest strength of our "batch loading" algorithm is better identification of Works that are represented in bibliographic records, especially in cases where one record represents *multiple* work. The output of our batch loading work is a full mapping from MARC to data that conforms to the current Variations work-based metadata model, although we will be updating our specifications to output fully FRBRized data in the future. The full current algorithm and supporting documents are now available at <http://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/confluence/x/OQBGBQ>. We hope that even if they aren't fully FRBRized yet they may be of use to others in the community looking to use MARC records for the basis of FRBRized systems.
The work to migrate these batch loading specifications will be done as part of the newly IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University. More information on the Variations/FRBR project can be found at <http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/vfrbr/>.
Jenn
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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library W501
(812) 856-5759
www.dlib.indiana.edu
Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com
Received on Thu Dec 18 2008 - 14:31:51 EST