FRBR implementations.(Functional requirements for bibliographic records)

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. (1).

This chapter examines the major players in early FRBR implementations.

AustLit and MusicAustralia

"Austlit: A Gateway on Steriods" (Australian Literature Gateway)

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/DRRHGateway2 001.htm

http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001/papers/ayres .pdf

This online document (available both in HTML and PDF format, see above URLs) by Dr. Marie-Louise Ayres (executive manager, AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway, Academy Library) and by co-authors Kent Fitch (developer, Project Computing Pty. Ltd.), Annette Scarvell (content manager, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy [UNSW@ADFA]), and Kerry Kilner (University of Queensland), provides an overview of the Australian Literature Gateway and explains the process that went into creating AustLit; screen shots are also provided in the document.

AustLit provides access to more than 350,000 Australian creative and critical works through bibliographic citations and full text. It is administered through a consortium of eight universities and the National Library; contains information from previous databases prior to AustLit; and attempts to provide a single gateway for all Australians to information. The system was custom built, using Topic Maps for flexible relationships, the INDECS (www.indecs.org) and Harmony models for agents and their relationships with works, and FRBR for works of the consortium members. It is/was the first large implementation/prototype of the FRBR model.

"MusicAustralia: Experiments with DC.Relation"

www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/2003/ayres1.html

This presentation by Marie-Louise Ayres examines the metadata and FRBR models for building the MusicAustralia prototype, focusing on the music of Australia and providing access to it. This report details how the project attempted to provide support for user navigation between related versions of a music work. It was presented at the DC-ANZ (Dublin Core-Australia New Zealand) Conference (Canberra, Australia, 2003).

"FRBR and AustLit: The Australian Literature Gateway"

www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/054-133e.pdf

www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/2002/ayres1.html

This "report on the Successful AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway Implementation of the FRBR and INDECS Event Models, and Implications for Other FRBR Implementations" was presented at the 68th IFLA General Conference and Council (Glasgow, Scotland, August 1824, 2004). Authored by Dr. Marie-Louise Ayres and co-authors Kerry Kilner, Kent Fitch, and Annette Scarvell, this document serves as a progress report to IFLA, (similar to the one given above) and describes the implementation of the FRBR, INDECS, and Harmony models on the AustLit Gateway.

Weekly Reports Index of the Australian Literature Electronic Gateway (ALEG)

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/WeeklyReports

This online index by Kent Fitch (ADFA) serves as a week-by-week report from May 2000 to August 2002, detailing progress on the AustLit Gateway project.

"From Citation to Context and Beyond: Crossing Bibliographic Boundaries in the Electronic Age"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/CarolHethering tonASALPaper.ppt

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/CarolHethering tonASALPaper.doc

This paper, and accompanying PowerPoint presentation, by Carol Hetherington was presented at the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) Conference (Brisbane, Australia, 2003). It is an examination of the AustLit Gateway construction from the critical, interpretative literary studies aspect and contains many examples and FRBR relationship details.

"Setting the Record Straight: Bibliography and Australian Literature"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/SettingRecord StraightCH.doc

This is the published version of Hetherington's paper cited above; it was published in a 2003 issue of Australian Literature Studies. (2)

"The AustLit Gateway and Scholarly Bibliography: A Specialist Implementation of FRBR"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/ChapterFRBR HypeKK2004.doc

This chapter by Kerry Kilner in the book Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Hype, or Cure-All? describes how the AustLit Gateway is meeting the needs of Australian literary scholars for accurate bibliographic representations of the histories of literary texts. (3) It also discusses the use of the FRBR model and the alteration of the model for enhanced manifestations, allowing the full representation of all agents' contributions to be displayed in a highly granular form by enabling creation events to be incorporated at all levels of the FRBR model.

"AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway: Interoperation with KiNETICA/NBD"

www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/aum/aum02/ download/annettescarvell.ppt

This PowerPoint presentation by Annette L.M. Scarvell (August 8, 2002) is archived on the National Library of Australia's Web portal and details the decision-making process that went into creating AustLit.

"ALEG Project Technical Overview"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/aleg-partners-jul 00.ppt

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/nla-presmay 2001.ppt

These PowerPoint presentations by Kent Fitch (July 2000 and May 2001) detail the technical decisions and processes that went into designing and implementing AustLit.

"Researching Australian Literature in the Digital Age: AustLit"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/BASApresen tationKK2004.ppt

This PowerPoint presentation by Kent Fitch for the British Australian Studies Association (2004) provides the extensive history of what went into bringing AustLit to fruition, including details of FRBR implementation and model decisions.

"Ensuring the Best-AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature"

www.austlit.edu.au:7777/presentations/AusSIPaper 2005.doc

This paper by Tessa Wooldridge (senior indexer at the UNSW@ADFA) presented to the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (Melbourne, Australia, 2005) provides a look at the AustLit Gateway from a senior indexer's point of view. It discusses how the database engages, enlightens, and enriches the users' experience through implementation of the FRBR, technical tools, and quality indexing.

"Taking RDF and Topic Maps Seriously--What Happens When You …