The FRBRoo is a formal ontology intended to capture and represent the underlying semantics of bibliographic information and to facilitate the integration, mediation, and interchange of bibliographic and museum information.
by Patrick Le Boeuf, Library Curator, Department for Standardization, Bibliothèque nationale de France. FRBR shows innovative features, particularly with regard to activities related to the “Semantic Web,” but also elements of conservatism..
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, machine-readable version, FRBR Object-Oriented. The FRBRoo is a formal ontology intended to capture and represent the underlying semantics of bibliographic information and to facilitate the integration, mediation, and interchange of bibliographic and museum information.
RDA (Resource Description and Access) - the working title of the new standard that will be the successor to AACR2. RDA is designed for the digital world. It will provide: A flexible framework for describing all resources - analog and digital; Data that is readily adaptable to new and emerging database structures; Data that is compatible with existing records in online library catalogues. FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) provides the conceptual foundation for RDA .