Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), formerly known as Functional Requirements for Authority Records (FRAR), is a conceptual
entity-relationship model developed by the
(IFLA) for relating the data that are recorded in library
authority records to the needs of the users of those records and facilitate and sharing of that data.
The draft was presented in 2004 at the 70th IFLA General Conference and Council in
Buenos Aires
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by Glenn Patton. It is an extension and expansion to the
FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR ) is a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online ...
model, adding numerous entities and attributes.
The conceptual work and future implementations are aimed at supporting four tasks, frequently executed by users in a library context—either the library patrons (the first three tasks), or the librarians themselves (all four tasks):
* Find: Find an entity or set of entities corresponding to stated criteria;
* Identify: Identify an entity;
* Contextualize: Place a person, corporate body, work, etc. in context;
* Justify: Document the authority record creator's reason for choosing the name or form of name on which an access point is based.
Next to the development of FRAR, the Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR) is also charged to study the feasibility of an
International Standard Authority Data Number (ISADN) and serve as the official IFLA liaison to and work with other interested groups concerning authority files.
See also
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BIBFRAME BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a data model for bibliographic description. BIBFRAME was designed to replace the MARC standards, and to use linked data principles to make bibliographic data more useful both within and outside the library c ...
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FRSAD
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FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR ) is a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online ...
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FRBRoo
The FRBRoo ("FRBR-object oriented") initiative is a joint effort of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model and FRBR, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records international working groups to establish "a formal Ontology (computer science), on ...
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IFLA Library Reference Model
The IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM) is a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that expresses the "logical structure of bibliographic information". ...
External links
Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR)Full text with 2009 and 2013 corrections
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