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Re: Announcing OLAC's prototype FRBR-inspired moving image discovery interface

From:

Simon Spero <[log in to unmask]>

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Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:31:21 -0500

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The OLAC task group appears to be hewing closer to FRBR-∞ rather than
Entity/Relation
definitions in the IFLA FRBR report.  The strict FRBR-ER model is not really
usable, as the boundaries between entity classes are not rigorously drawn,
and the model makes some ontological commitments that may not be desirable
(for example, if Manifestations are physical, Items must be detached
manifestation parts, or manifestation must be a substance).  It's best to
treat the IFLA report as an inspiring metaphor, rather than as literal
truth...

The approach that OLAC is following seems to be inspired by Martha Yee's
model of "Near Equivalents"; e.g. Yee (1994).  Near equivalency very roughly
corresponds to two items being close enough to one another to be satisfy a
particular need.  Confusingly, Yee's use of *Manifestation* predates the
FRBR report, and more closely corresponds to FRBR Expressions than to FRBR
Manifestations.  Yee's and Tillet's approaches *are* based on the same
Principles (Svenonnites? Lubetskavitchers?). [Checking the link that Matthew
posted, I see that Yee was an advisor to the OLAC task force].

Near-Equivalents might be thought of in terms of relative identity, with
fewer properties being held in common between as one moves from items to
works. A manifestation could be considered to be an abstraction of items
that ignores properties related to the specific physical particular (such as
being made of the same atoms, or being at a specific  place at a particular
time).  Relative Identity does allow for a consistent interpretation of
I/M/E/W  but is thought by some to be too far from FRBR to be applicable,in
addition to having foundational objections to non-absolute identity (Allen
Renear and Karen Wickett at UIUC have strong views on that score).... It's
also possible that Near Equivalency could be relative to a specific patron
and task.  It's not inconceivable that individual properties could be used
to aggregate results or narrow result sets,

Simon


Yee, Martha M (1994). "Manifestations and Near-Equivalents: Theory, with
Special Attention to Moving-Image
Materials<http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1541x7fz>."
Library Resources & Technical Services; 38:227-256.

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Beacom, Matthew
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Karen,
>
> The summary of the task group's work at
> http://olacinc.org/drupal/capc_files/archived_docs/MIW_summary.pdf may
> provide some of the information you are looking for.
>
> Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Karen Coyle
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:04 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcing OLAC's prototype FRBR-inspired moving
> image discovery interface
>
> Kelley,
>
> do you have somewhere documentation on which properties/attributes are
> associated with each FRBR entity? I ask this in part out of my
> ignorance of moving image cataloging, and therefore I am having
> trouble translating from the FRBR documentation to what appears in
> your prototype. I did my usual search on "seven samurai" and the
> display (which I assume represents the Work) reads (in part):
>
> Alternate Title:
>     Seven Samurai
> Director:
>     Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998
> Genres:
>     Feature; Fiction; Drama;
> Language:
>     Japanese
> Country:
>     Japan
> Original Aspect:
>     Full screen ( 1.37:1 )
> Run Time:
>     206
> Color:
>     B&W
> Sound:
>     Sound
>
> I'm curious as to which are Work attributes and which are Expression
> attributes. Also, is there an example that shows one work and multiple
> expressions?
>
> kc
>
> Quoting Kelley McGrath <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) is excited to announce the
> > availability of our prototype for a FRBR-inspired, work-centric,
> > faceted discovery interface for moving images at
> > http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com.
> >
> > The OLAC Work-Centric Moving Image Discovery Interface Prototype is
> > an exploration of the possibilities of leveraging the Functional
> > Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model and faceted
> > search to improve access to moving image materials held by libraries
> > and archives.
> >
> > This prototype was funded by OLAC. Chris Fitzpatrick developed the
> > demonstration interface to meet OLAC’s specifications using the free
> > open source tools Ruby on Rails, Solr, and the Blacklight and Hydra
> > plug-ins. This project was only possible due to the contributions of
> > a great many people, some of whom are listed at
> > http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/credits.
> >
> > In this demonstration interface we present the user with a two-level
> > view inspired by the FRBR model. The top level, labeled Movie or
> > Program, provides information about the FRBR Work and what we are
> > calling the Primary Expression, usually the first publicly-released
> > Expression. Facets for the Work/Primary Expression level are
> > displayed across the top of the screen and the records found in the
> > hit list contain information about the Work and Primary Expression.
> > The second level, labeled Version, includes information about
> > Expressions (language options), Manifestations (format and
> > publication date), and in a very basic way about Items (what
> > libraries or archives hold a particular Manifestation). Facets for
> > the Version level are displayed separately on the side of the screen
> > and information about the particular Versions that meet the user’s
> > qualifications are displayed below each Work/Primary Expression.
> >
> > An overview of the goals of the interface is available at
> > http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/about. Some suggested
> > sample searches and potential use cases may be seen at
> > http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/samples.
> >
> > We invite you to check it out and send us your feedback. Comments,
> > questions, complaints, and suggestions may be sent to me at
> > [log in to unmask] Also, if you are interested in contributing to
> > a larger grant project to try to bring this idea into a production
> > environment, please contact me.
> >
> > Kelley McGrath
> > Metadata Management Librarian
> > University of Oregon
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Karen Coyle
> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
> ph: 1-510-540-7596
> m: 1-510-435-8234
> skype: kcoylenet
>

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