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Vincent Boulet National Diet Library, January 2018

Overview on the French data landscape

And there was RDA…

« Bibliographic transition » nationalprogramme

Towards a step-by-step implementation

平成30年1月18日平成29年度書誌調整連絡会議

Bibliographic Transition in France: RDA-FR Vincent Boulet

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National Library



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National Library

Legal deposit since 1537 National bibliography since 1811+/- 85 000 books in a year

First issue of the national bibliography, 1811

Current national bibliography website

1xx(creator of)

0070(author)

WORK

MANIFESTATION

PERSON

INTERMARC

INTERMARC

INTERMARC

FRBNF11896956

FRBNF11967514

FRBNF37465618

Links Persistent identifiers Codes for roles

EAD



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Structured data… since1380

vintage linked data since 1987

Trusted identifiers

CATALOGERS AND CATALOGUE QA

TEAM

- INTELL IGENTDATA

- CONS ISTENCY- L INK CURAT ION

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/4394901689

National Library

Bibliographicagency for

Highereducation



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National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

Public libraries

Book supplychain



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National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

Public libraries

Book supplychain

Otherendusers

National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

Public libraries

Book supplychain

Otherendusers

Open data licence

New data flows



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National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

Public libraries

Book supplychain

Otherendusers

Open data licence

New data flows

National Library


Highereducation

dataflow

Public libraries

Book supplychain

Otherendusers

Open data licence

New data flows



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Open, free standards

International commonframework

National applications,National cataloguing codes

A key point for disseminatingdata on the Web

International standards IFLA

International principles ISBD (International standard bibliographic description) Guidelines for access points (for persons, works…) Conceptual model LRM (published in 2017) International exchange format UNIMARC

ISO Vocabularies for

Countries names, writings, languages…

Transliteration of non-latin writingsinto Latin alphabet

International identifiers (ISBN, ISSN, ISNI)



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National applications AFNOR (French agency for standardizing) French standards for bibliographic description :

FD 44-050 : printed books FD Z 44-065 : video materials FD Z 44-069 : printed music etc.

Access points: NF Z 44-060 : corporate bodies NF Z 44-061 : names of persons, titles NF Z 44-079 : musical titles NF Z 44-081 : geographic namesetc.

Please keep us informed on your

changes and pleasebe transparent

Your are a public institution, so you are a trusted third party.

Please use clearstandards so that weknow what we can

reuse

Please beaware of our ILS

And where is myfavorite standard? I need training !



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Initial evaluationphase

2015 Joint statement by BnF

and ABES

France does not adopt RDA as it is for the moment

France advocates for improving RDA within the

RDA European Users Group (EDUG)

France is waiting for changes in RDA to adopt it



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Internal contradictions : RDA and FRBRConceptual Models Underlying RDA (0.2.1)

« A key element in the design of RDA is its alignment with the conceptual models for bibliographic and authority data developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR )Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD).

The FRBR, FRAD, and FRSAD models provide RDA with an underlyingframework that has the scope needed to support: a)comprehensive coverage of all types of content and mediab)the flexibility and extensibility needed to accommodate newlyemerging resource characteristicsc)the adaptability needed for the data produced to function within a widerange of technological environmentsd)coverage of all types of subjects »

Relationship to Other Standards for Resource Description and Access (0.3)

“RDA is built on foundations established by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) and the cataloguing traditions on which it was based.Instructions derived from AACR have been reworked to produce a standard that will be easier to use, more adaptable, and more cost-efficient in its application. A key factor in the design of RDA has been the need to integrate data produced using RDA into existing databases developed using AACR and related standards”

Internal contradictions : RDA and othercultural heritage communities

Relationship to Other Standards for Resource

Description and Access (0.3)

The metadata standards used in other communities (archives, museums,

publishers, semantic web, etc.) were taken into

consideration in the design of RDA. The goal was to attain

an effective level of interoperability between those

standards and RDA.

Description of a manuscript?

References to international

archival standards ? (e. g. ISAD-G)



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RDA has many positive aspects Chap. 9 : identifying a

person

◦ Taking into account FRBR entities and relationships

◦ Enlarging the scope of authority data Not only rules for

establishing a standardized access point but also rules for attributes related to a person or a work

Alexis ou le traité du vain combat, by Marguerite Yourcenar, published in 1929, illustrated by Salvador Dali



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Augmented Works according to RDA

Augmented Works according to the French analysis

Catalogues towards Web of data

Adapting RDA to the French context and analysis



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2015

Joint statement by BnF and ABES

FRBRising French catalogues using automatic data processing as well as the technologies and

standards of the semantic web.

Deriving new cataloguing rules from RDA in RDA-FR: A French Transposition of RDA, which might

prefigure a French application profile of RDA. These new rules have been implemented gradually

since 2015.

Launching a national Bibliographic Transition Program, which aims at supporting all stakeholders in France through the drastic changes induced by

such a major normative and technological evolution.

First point :FRBRising catalogues using automatic data

processing



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1xx(creator of)

0070(author)

WORK

MANIFESTATION

PERSON

INTERMARC

INTERMARC

INTERMARC

FRBNF11896956

FRBNF11967514

FRBNF37465618

EAD



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dc:creator

WORK

PUBLICATION

PERSON

http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb118969563

http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11967514v


dc:creator

RDF triples

RDF triples

RDF triples rdarelationships:workManifested

dc:creator

WORK

PUBLICATION


http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11967514v


dc:creator

RDF triples

RDF triples

RDF triples rdarelationships:workManifested

PERSON



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Automated links created bydata.bnf.fr between manifestationsand works

How to make itvisible incatalogues?

Authority data for authors

Authority data for work

Description of a given

manifestation

Existing link

Existing link

In our catalogues (source data) :

Link to be created



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Authoritydata for authors

Authoritydata for

work

Description of a given

manifestation

Existing link

Existing link

In our catalogues (source data) :

Link to be created

Not only text stringBut also : - Codes for roles- Catalogue identifierfor musical works- And, last but not least :the cataloguer’ssharp eye

By maintaining the data curation : intensive tests with catalogue experts Theoretically 150 000 links : textual and musical

works, performances, choreographic works and moviesA step forward for the FRBRization and

transposition of RDA in France



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Controlled scope : textual works of the 20th century

Controlled data processing : using data from bibliographic records◦ Author’s name◦ Title◦ Language◦ Date of publishing◦ Alternative forms of title (e. g. translations)

Controlled schedule : around summer of 2018

And after that: enlarging the scope to other types of documents and/or to older documents

Second point :Deriving new cataloguing rules from RDA in

RDA-FR: A French Transposition of RDA



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National strategic bibliographiccommittee

BnF, ABES, Ministery of Culture, Ministery of Higher Education

« Bibliographictransition » national

programme Operational pilots

Standardizing workinggroup « RDA in France »


Workinggroup on persons

Workinggroup on corporate

bodies

Workinggroup on

works

Working group on

manifestations

Workinggroup on

relationship

Workinggroup on

music



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Published and implemented stepby step

Web site https://www.transition-bibliographique.fr/

Manifestations and item (section 1) ◦ Transcription rules◦ General guidelines

for sources ◦ Bibliographic adress◦ Material description

(types of documents)◦ Electronic resources



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Works and expressions (section 2) ◦ General guidelines

for recording worksand expressions ◦ Identifying works and

expressions

Agents :persons, families, corporatebodies (section 3)◦ Persons



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2017 : types of documents 2018 : bibliographical adress 2019 : works and persons

Before◦ 260 ## $a London $c Longman $a Paris $c diff. A.

Colin $d 1980

After◦ 260 #1 $a London $c Longman $d 1980◦ 260 #2 $a Paris $c Armand Colin

Publisher

Commercial distributor



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Source : http://xkcd.com/

MARC is a well-known and widely usedformat

MARC is built on an entity-relations model MARC is well structured

But : MARC has to implement LRM data model But : MARC has to avoid multiple data entry But : MARC has to be more well structured◦ For instance : how to link a given data with a given

source?



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Intermarc is the special MARC format used by BnF

Close to Unimarc

A « statement of Principles » for reloading INTERMARC is going to bepublished

Third point :Making change sustainable



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Training working group

ILS and dataworking group



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Coordinating French training on the evolution of library catalogues and cataloguing rules, relying on a national network of trainers

◦ awareness sessions providing general information on the evolution of catalogues

◦ training sessions offering hands-on implementation of the newly published rules

providing technology intelligence and consulting, particularly on the evolution of integrated library systems and data conversion

◦ Dialogue between standardization experts, information professionals, ILS managers and providers of software solutions.

◦ Annual national meetings with ILS managers



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