On 10 Oct 2013, at 17:39, James Weinheimer <weinheimer.jim.l_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> That FRBR-style records are needed to enter linked data. (Really??!! What about everybody who is in there already without it?) Going the library route has been expensive already, and will promise to be much more costly in the future. Not exactly a recipe for success today.
It would be useful if you could share examples of what you see as a good approach to doing linked data in libraries. The vast majority of linked data examples I'm aware of are created from existing library catalogue data, and as such aren't created from 'FRBR-style' records. However, there is a tendency (only a tendency, not a necessity) to try to link similar things when you do linked data, so some of the projects do end up with aspects of FRBR in their linked data - but this is despite, not because of, the record sources. (similarly some discovery products attempt to group records along FRBR lines - again using data available in MARC records rather than changing the underlying cataloguing standards).
Owen
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