Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness

Maja umer¹, Athena Salaba², and Marcia Lei Zeng²

¹University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts Askerceva 2, 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
Maja.Zumer@nuk.uni-lj.si

²Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA, 314 Library, PO Box 5190, Kent, Ohio 44224, USA
asalaba@kent.edu
mzeng@kent.edu

Abstract. Provides a brief overview of the activities of the IFLA Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR) working group. Introduces the group’s terms of reference and the work completed so far, including definitions of user tasks and subject entities. Discusses the development of the entity-relationship conceptual model of subject entities in the bibliographic universe.

Keywords: FRSAR, IFLA, subject access, knowledge organization systems (KOS), conceptual model, subject authority data, subject authority records

LNCS 4822, p. 487 ff.

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