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Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR). Marcia Lei Zeng Athena Salaba Maja Zumer. 1. About FRSAR ( Established: April 2005) Working Group (WG). Marcia Lei Zeng, USA, Chair Maja Zumer, Slovenia, Co-Chair Athena Salaba, USA, Co-Chair, secretary Leda Bultrini, Italy

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Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)

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  1. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records(FRSAR) Marcia Lei Zeng Athena Salaba Maja Zumer

  2. 1. About FRSAR (Established: April 2005)Working Group (WG) • Marcia Lei Zeng, USA, Chair • Maja Zumer, Slovenia, Co-Chair • Athena Salaba, USA, Co-Chair, secretary • Leda Bultrini, Italy • Lois Mai Chan, USA • Gerhard Riesthuis, The Netherlands • Diane Vizine-Goetz, USA • Ekaterina Zaytseva, Russia IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  3. Advisory Group (AG) • Dorothy McGarry • Ed, O’Neill, (Liaison to OCLC FRBR) • Päivi Pekkarinen • David Miller (Liaison to ALA SAC (Subject Analysis Committee)) • Hemalata Iyer • Jonathan Furner • Victoria Francu IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  4. Terms of Reference • To build a conceptual model of Group 3 entities within the FRBR framework as they relate to the aboutness of works • To provide a clearly defined, structured frame of reference for relating the data that are recorded in subject authority records to the needs of the users of those records, and • To assist in an assessment of the potential for international sharing and use of subject authority data both within the library sector and beyond. IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  5. 2. FRSAR Activities 2.1 Use of subject authority data 2.2 User Tasks • User surveys on the Use of Subject Authority Data • Pilot with Non Library & Information Professionals • Library & Information Professionals • FRSAR User Tasks • User Task Subgroup: Athena Salaba (leader) LoisChan, Leda Bultrini, Gerhard Riesthuis, Hemalata Iyer, Magdalena Svanberg, David Miller, Dorothy McGarry, Marcia Zeng 2.3 Subject Entities • Leader: Maja Zumer IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  6. Direct use of authority data Search/Find authority data Browse/Explore authority data Identify/Verify term Obtain entity information Select term Indirect use of authority data Access to bibliographic information through authority data Users Information professionals Searcher/end-user 2.1 Use of authority data IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  7. Users of Subject Authority Data IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  8. 2.2 User Tasks(a) Pilot Study -- Use of Authority Data: (March 2006 @ The Semantic Technology Conference) (1) Q1. Which of the following best describes your work? (ranked by frequency) 1 Creating & maintaining semantic tools (thesauri, taxonomies, ontologies and other controlled vocabularies) 2 Offering consultations in information architecture, navigation, design of retrieval tools & interfaces 3 Supervising/directing metadata project(s) 4 Using semantic tools in metadata creation 5 Offering consultations on vocabulary control issues 6 Quality control of metadata 6 Offering consultations on metadata issues 6 Assisting others in finding information IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  9. pilot study (2) (cont.) Q1. Which of the following best describes your work? Other: • Systems engineering • Software development • Data integration/system engineering • Creating tools to process and use ontologies for data integration • Research • Software development • Training others on semantic tools • Semantic web development tools • Service ontologies • Combining three kinds of semantics • . . . IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  10. pilot study (3) Q2. In what ways do you use the semantic tools? (ranked by frequency) 1 to find/ identify relevant information resources using specified terms 2 to access metadata information 3 to find /identify appropriate terms when searching for information 3 to navigate or modify search queries through broader and narrower terms 4 to assign subject terms and/or class labels in metadata records 5 to explore a topic through browsing synonymous and related terms IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  11. (cont.) Q2. In what ways do you use the semantic tools? Other: • To discover relationships • Building tools and evaluating them • Data integration/Interoperability • Information extraction • Clarification of composite concepts and logic on rule based querying • To develop semantic web architectures • Integrate data • Development tools to build ontologies or user interfaces on semantic rich systems • To build complete knowledge bases of concepts, ideas and thought pattern and the well-justified theories that define their relationships • Knowledge based data mining • … IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  12. (b) Survey on the Use of Authority Data: Information professionals (06-07/2006)Based on 780 responses as of July 27, 2006 IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  13. Q1. Which of the following best describes your work? IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  14. (cont.) Q1. Which of the following best describes your work? (2) IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  15. (3) Q2. In what ways do you use controlled vocabulary information? 2a. In cataloging and metadata creation (87%) 2b. In subject authority work (77%) 2c. In searching or helping others search bibliographic information (81%) IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  16. Q2. In what ways do you use controlled vocabulary information? 2a. In cataloging and metadata creation July 27, 2006 data

  17. (cont.) Q2. In what ways do you use controlled vocabulary information? 2b. In subject authority work IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  18. (cont.) Q2. In what ways do you use controlled vocabulary information? 2C. In searching or helping others search bibliographic information July 27, 2006 data

  19. User Tasks • FRBR (1998): • Find entities of Group 1 that have entities from Group 1, 2, 3 as their subject • Identify • Select • Obtain • FRAR (2005): • Find one entity or entities • Identify an entity • Contextualize, place in context, explore relationships • Justifythe form of an access point FRSAR (2006 draft): Find subject entity or entities Identify Select Obtain Additional information about the subject entity Bibliographic records or resources about this subject entity Explore

  20. 2.3 Subject Entities Group 3 entities in FRBR are: • Object: a material thing (animate and inanimate objects occurring in nature; fixed, movable, and moving objects that are the product of human creation; objects that no longer exist) • Concept: an abstract notion or idea (encompasses a comprehensive range of abstractions that may be the subject of a work: fields of knowledge, disciplines, schools of thought (philosophies, religions, political ideologies, etc.), theories, processes, techniques, practices, etc. A concept may be broad in nature or narrowly defined and precise) • Event: an action or occurrence (encompasses a comprehensive range of actions and occurrences that may be the subject of a work: historical events, epochs, periods of time, etc.) • Place: a location (encompasses a comprehensive range of locations: terrestrial and extra-terrestrial; historical and contemporary; geographic features) IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

  21. object -- a material thing -- an action or occurrence event place -- a location -- an abstract notion or idea concept Group 3 entities --? ? time ?

  22. Thank You ! FRSAR meeting at IFLA Seoul: Tuesday August 22 14:00 -16:00 Room 203A/25u Observers are welcome Information: FRSAR Working Group http://www.ifla.org/VII/s29/wgfrsar.htm Contact: mzeng@kent.edu This presentation is available at: http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/FRSAR/FRSAR-ifla06.ppt IFLA2006, Seoul, Korea

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