초록

서지관계모형을 위한 개념적 모델인 IFLA의 FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)에 대한 대안적인 접근이 발표되어 왔지만, FRBR 모델의 내부적인 일관성에 대해서는 많은 연구가 진행되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 본 연구는 FRBR 객체-관계 (entity-relationship) 모델에서 객체들 (entities)간의 관계 (relationships) 에서 발생하는 상속 (inheritance) 속성과 관련된 모델의 내부적 모순점을 지적하며, 이러한 문제를 해결하기위해 FRBR 모델의 표현성 (expressiveness)을 강화하기 위한 여러 대안적인 방안을 논의한다.

Abstract

The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is a “conceptual model of the bibliographic universe” developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Although some studies have suggested improvements in FRBR, and others explore alternative approaches, less attention has been paid to analyzing the internal coherence and consistency of the FRBR view as presented not only in the FRBR entity-relationship model and text of the FRBR document, but also in the related explanations and presentations of FRBR expositors. Our investigations have noted some interesting discrepancies between the general FRBR approach as presented in various expository documents and the specific account presented in the FRBR ER model and the FRBR document. We see that in one case these discrepancies can be easily remedied by adding additional modeling constructs and assertions, but in another case (the supposed “inheritance” of attributes across the Group 1 entities), there is a substantial difficulty in maintaining a consistent model. We discuss several alternative approaches to enhancing the expressiveness of FRBR in order remedy this problem. We note that none is entirely satisfactory.