Functional requirements for authority data : a conceptual model : IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR) final report December 2008 : approved by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section and

This book represents an important part of the extension and expansion of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. It contains an analysis of attributes of various entities that are the centre of focus for authority data (persons, families, corporate bodies, works, expressions, manifestations, items, concepts, objects, events, and places), the name by which these entities are known, and the controlled access points created by cataloguers for them. The conceptual model describes the attributes of these entities and the relationships between them. Main description: This book represents an important part of the extension and expansion of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. It contains an analysis of attributes of various entities that are the centre of focus for authority data (persons, families, corporate bodies, works, expressions, manifestations, items, concepts, objects, events, and places), the name by which these entities are known, and the controlled access points created by cataloguers for them. The conceptual model describes the attributes of these entities and the relationships between them "The primary purpose of this conceptual model is to provide a framework for the analysis of functional requirements for the kind of authority data that is required to support authority control and for the international sharing of authority data. The model focuses on data, regardless of how it may be packaged (e.g., in authority records)."--Page 13 Frontmatter Contents Introduction Members of the IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records 1. Purpose 2. Scope 3. Entity-Relationship Diagram and Definitions 4. Attributes 5. Relationships 6. User Tasks Backmatter Consists of reports reflecting the process towards International Cataloguing Principles