1. BIBFRAME
Community Profiles
ALA 2013
LC Bibliographic Framework Initiative Update Forum
30 June, 2013
Chicago, Illinois USA
Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com
Thursday, July 18, 13
2. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
Thursday, July 18, 13
3. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
* robust enough to deal with 40 years ago
* flexible enough to deal with 40+ years from now
Thursday, July 18, 13
4. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
* libraries, museums, archives, publishers, etc.
* community (users) they serve
Thursday, July 18, 13
5. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
* not on the web
* but of the web
Thursday, July 18, 13
19. Community Profiles
• The BIBFRAME model is designed to be
lightweight, flexible and accommodate the needs of
our community. (RDA, Dublin Core,VRA, DACS,
etc.)
• A key to this flexibility is BIBFRAME Community
Profiles.
• BCP provide the backbone to using BIBFRAME.
While BIBFRAME is a framework, the Community
Profile defines what to the framework will contain.
Thursday, July 18, 13
27. Conclusion
• BIBFRAME Community Profiles represent a
means for projecting local meaning into
common framework
• Builds of a long history of discussion
• Implementation is still early, but results are
incredibly promising
• Watch this space - http://bibframe.org/
Thursday, July 18, 13