FRBRoo

The FRBRoo (FRBR-object oriented) initiative is a joint effort the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model and Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records international working groups to establish "a formal ontology intended to capture and represent the underlying semantics of bibliographic information and to facilitate the integration, mediation, and interchange of bibliographic and museum information." [http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/frbr_inro.html FRBRoo Introduction] .]

The idea behind this initiative is that both the library and museum communities would benefit from harmonizing the FRBR and CIDOC reference models to better share library and museum information, particularly in light of the Semantic Web and the overall need to improve the interoperability of digital libraries and museum information management systems. This led to the formation of the International Working Group on FRBR/CIDOC CRM Harmonisation in 2003 with the common goals of "expressing the IFLA FRBR reference model with the concepts, tools, mechanisms, and notation conventions provided by the CIDOC CRM…and aligning (possibly even merging) the two object-oriented models with the aim to contribute to the solution of the problem of semantic interoperability between the documentation structures used for library and museum information."

The first draft of FRBRoo was completed in 2006. [ [http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/docs/frbr_oo/frbr_docs/FRBR_oo_V0.8.1c.pdf FRBRoo Model and mapping to the FRBR-ER] (version 0.8.1). Editors: Martin Doerr, Patrick Le Bouf et al. V.0.8.1c, May 2007.]

External links

[http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/frbr_drafts.html Working Drafts and Releases]

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