Precoordination in subject indexing systems and FRBR

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Precoordination in subject indexing systems and
FRBR
Maria Nasilowska m.nasilowska_at_uw.edu.pl Biblioteka
Uniwersytecka w Warszawie
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Bibliographic data system
work
person
expression
corporate body
manifestation
concept object event place
item
authority file
catalog
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Family of Subject Indexing Systems (SIS)
FAST GSAFD
LCSH RVM RAMEAU KABA
and others
and others
towards the postcoordination ?
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Characteristics of SIS-PR

• Semantics of vocabulary close to semantics of
  natural language ()
• Specificity ()
• Universal application type of collections and
  domains ( / -)
• Precoordination of syntax (-)

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Attributes of Entities (selection)

• Work - title, form, date, ...
• Expression - title, form, date, language, ...
• Manifestation title, statement of
  responsibility, place of publication, publisher,
  date of publication, form of carrier,...
• Item identifier, provenance, condition of the
  Item, ...
• Person name, dates, title, ...
• Corporate Body name, number, place, date, ...
• Concept - term
• Object - term
• Event - term
• Place - term

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I. FRBR - attribute name
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Subject relationships in FRBR
as
work
as
expression
as
manifestation
item
as
as
person
is subject of
work
concept
as
corporate body
as
concept
as
object
as
event
as
place
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Subject relationship by SIS-PR
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Concepts by SIS-PR
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Examples of authority and non-authority headings
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Homogeneous subject headings
(650) Philosophy x History (150) Philosophy x
History (450) History of Philosophy (650)
Anorexia x Patients x Family relationships (150
) Anorexia x Patients x Family
relationships (450) Family relationships of
Patients of Anorexia (650) Turtles x Effect of
pollution on (150) Turtles x Effect of
pollution on (450) Effect of pollution on
Turles (650) German language x Old High German,
750-1050 (150) German language x Old High
German, 750-1050 (450) Old High German language
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Heterogeneous subject headings
(600) Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) x Childhood
and youth (650) Childhood and youth of
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) (650) Childhood
and youth (600) Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
(600) Camus, Albert (1913-1960) x
Knowledge x Mythology (650) Knowledge of
Mythology of Camus, Albert (1913-1960) (650)
Knowledge of Mythology (600) Camus, Albert
(1913-1960) (650) (650) Knowledge (650)
Mythology (600) Camus, Albert (1913-1960)
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Lying subject headings
(600) Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) x Criticism
and interpretation (650) Criticism and
interpretation of (Works of) Dickinson, Emily
(1830-1886) (150) Criticism and interpretation
of (Works of) Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
(400) (Works of) Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
x Criticism and interpretation (651) United
States x Social conditions (650) Social
conditions(of citizens of) in United
States (150) Social conditions (of citizens of)
in United States (451) (citizens of) United
States x Social conditions (450) Americans x
Social conditions (650) American fiction v
Women authors (655) / (650) American
fiction (155) / (150) American fiction
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Double subject headings
(650) Opium abuse x In literature (650) English
literature y 19th century x History and
criticism (650) Opium abuse (650) English
literature x 19th century (651) Soviet Union
x History y Revolution, 1917-1921 x Foreign
public opinion, American (650) Public opinion z
United States x History y 20th century (651)
Soviet Union x History x Revolution, 1917-1921
(650) Public opinion z United States y 20th
century
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FRBR and lists of Free-Floating Subdivisions
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Simplification - evolution?
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II. Attribute form in SIS-PR
work
is the subject of
realized through
expression
concept
embodied in
manifestation
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Form by SIS-PR - examples
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Forms by SIS-PR content vs carrier
(650) Plants v Fiction v Juvenile sound
recordings (650) Plants v Fiction (650)
Poésie française v Traductions polonaises v
Cédéroms (655) Poésie française v Traductions
polonaises (650) Poésie française v Traductions
polonaises x Histoire et critique
(008)
(008)
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Form of content and form of carrier - examples
Librarians v Anecdotes France x History Plants
x Dictionaries v Bibliography Plants x
Fiction x History and Criticism Plants v
Fiction Plants x Fiction v Bibliography Plantes
x Romans v Bibliographie v Catalogues Plants
v Early works to 1800 Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
v Manuscrits La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695).
Fables v Cédéroms pour la jeunesse Accidents de
la route x Enquêtes z France y
1970-2000 Varsovie (Pologne) y 20e siècle v
Congresses
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Syntax of transformate SIS postcoordination?
topic form of topic
place of topic
time of topic
form
place of form
time of form
authority file
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SIS in bibliographic data system
topic topic topic topic topic
topical form topic topical form form
authority subject headings
authority form headings
authority file
catalog
authority subject heading place time
authority form heading place time
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Attributes of concept - conclusions
Attributes name forme place time
Concept ...
... is the subject of a Work (realized through an
Expression embodied in a Manifestation
exemplified by an Item). Subject is named in the
Authority File and situated (in time and place)
in SIS. Sometimes subject is expressed
(Expression) in a special form (form of content).
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FRBR - subject relationship. And object
relationship?
work ... concept object event place
is subject of
concept
work
attributes of concept name, form, time, place
work
is object of
form
?
attributes of form name, time, place
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SIS-PR are dead.Long live the Access Points!