In this paper, we describe the Probado music repository which is currently set up at the Bavarian State Library, Munich, as part of the larger German Probado digital library initiative. Based on the FRBR approach, we propose a novel work-centric metadata model for organizing the document collection. The primary data contained in the repository currently consists of scanned sheet music and digit...

Considering the need for metadata standards suitable for the Semantic Web, this paper describes the RDA Element Sets and the RDA Value Vocabularies that were created from attributes and relationships defined in Resource Description and Access (RDA). First, we present the vocabularies included in RDA Element Sets: the vocabularies of classes, of properties and of properties unconstrained by FRBR...

The Extremely Annotational RDF Markup, a.k.a. EARMARK, is an OWL 2 DL ontology that defines document meta-markup. It is an ontologically precise definition of markup that instantiates the structure of a text document as an independent OWL document outside of the text string it annotates, and through appropriate OWL and SWRL characterizations it can define organizations such as trees or graphs a...

This study examines bibliographic relationships between Canadian publications published in 2009 available in AMICUS (Canadian National Catalogue). It consisted of categorizing bibliographic relationships in the taxonomy of work-to-work relationships available in the FRBR Final Report. The study indicates frequencies of occurrences of bibliographic relationships based on manifestations found in ...

Design/methodology/approach The article analyzes different methods previously developed for authority control as well as IFLA and ALA standards for managing bibliographic records. Semantic Web technologies are also evaluated. AUTHORIS relies on Drupal and incorporates the protocols of Dublin Core, SIOC, SKOS and FOAF. The tool has also taken into account the obsolescence of MARC and its substit...