MARC is dying, some people say, but what comes instead? The Library of Congress has initiated the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative (BIBFRAME) that develop a transition path from traditional, records-based bibliographic descriptions to a model built on linked data principles. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library, DNB) is among the early implementers. This presentation held at SWIB 2013 in Hamburg gives an overview of the initiative, the activities performed by the DNB so far and what the future might look like.

1. Julia Hauser, Reinhold Heuvelmann und Lars G. Svensson
BIBFRAME: Libraries can lead Linked
Data
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2. Libraries are increasingly exchanging data
with other cultural heritage institutions
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3. Everyone here knows that this is both
an opportunity and a challenge
“It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the
one most adaptable to change”
Paraphrase of Darwin by
Leon C. Megginson
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Photo by Erin Kinney (CC BY-NC-ND): http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyolibrarian/407875611/
Non-libraries have a problem with data
encoded in MARC (and so do some
librarians…)

5. We need a format that allows for easier
data reuse – inside and outside of libraries
Archive
Museum
Corpora
tion
Foto von Doc Searls (CC BY):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/5500714140/
Library
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6. BIBFRAME is an attempt to achieve that
There won't be any Semantic Web
that any mortal can understand
until librarians help build it!
Uche Ogbuji on Twitter, 2013-01-27
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Photo by Jason Tester Guerilla Futures (CC BY-ND): http://www.flickr.com/photos/streamishmc/2340150187/
BIBFRAME will determine a transition
path from MARC 21 to an exchange
format based on linked data principles

8. Important requirements are:
– Model agnostic
– Support RDA, and other cataloging rules
– Extensible for new kinds of library material
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9. The model is based on four core classes:
– Work
– Instance
– Authority
– Annotation
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10. http://de.slideshare.net/zepheiraorg/alabibframe-lc20130630 Slide 21
Interoperability with other models is
achieved through community profiles
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11. The DNB has an experimental
implementation of the BIBFRAME model
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12. The instance data is mainly based
on strings
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<bf:Instance rdf:about="http://d-nb.info/102239648X">
<bf:modeOfIssuance>Einbändiges Werk</bf:modeOfIssuance>
<bf:instanceOf rdf:resource="http://d-nb.info/bf_temp/work_102239648X" />
<bf:isbn13>9783866802476</bf:isbn13>
<bf:ean>9783866802476</bf:ean>
<bf:nbn>12,N22</bf:nbn>
<bf:nbn>12,A36</bf:nbn>
<bf:local>
<bf:identifierScheme>VLB / Netzpublikationen</bf:identifierScheme>
<bf:identifierValue>4039423</bf:identifierValue>
</bf:local>
<bf:responsibilityStatement>
Peter Beenk und Uwe Wetzner
</bf:responsibilityStatement>
<bf:extent>127 S.</bf:extent>
<bf:dimensions>24 cm, 310 g</bf:dimensions>
<bf:illustrativeContentNote>zahlr. Ill., Kt.</bf:illustrativeContentNote>
<bf:title>Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg</bf:title>
<bf:providerEntity>
<bf:providerName>Sutton</bf:providerName>
<bf:providerPlace>Erfurt</bf:providerPlace>
<bf:providerDate>2012</bf:providerDate>
</bf:providerEntity>
<bf:frequency rdf:resource="http://marc21rdf.info/terms/continuingfre%23/u" />
</bf:Instance>

13. The information about the work is
more linked to other entities
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<bf:Work rdf:about="http://d-nb.info/bf_temp/work_102239648X">
<rdf:type rdf:resource="LanguageMaterial" />
<bf:hasInstance rdf:resource="http://d-nb.info/102239648X" />
<bf:associatedAgent>
<bf:Person>
<bf:hasGNDLink rdf:resource="http://d-nb.info/gnd/1025471474" />
<bf:label>Beenk, Peter</bf:label>
<bf:resourceRole
rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb" />
</bf:Person>
</bf:associatedAgent>
<bf:associatedAgent>
<bf:Person>
<bf:hasGNDLink rdf:resource="http://d-nb.info/gnd/132364107" />
<bf:label>Wetzner, Uwe</bf:label>
<bf:resourceRole
rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb" />
</bf:Person>
</bf:associatedAgent>
<bf:subject rdf:resource="http://d-nb.info/gnd/4094661-7" />
<bf:class-ddc>943.515087</bf:class-ddc>
<bf:class-ddc>943.087</bf:class-ddc>
<bf:title>Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg</bf:title>
</bf:Work>

14. For full integration into the linked data
service we need to create profiles
GET /102239648X HTTP 1.1
Host: d-nb.info
Accept: application/rdf+xml
Link: <http://d-nb.info/standards/profiles/bibframe>;
rel=“profile”
Possible
solution
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15. Much work remains to be done
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16. Graphic by Kevin Ford
The BIBFRAME vocabulary must be
enriched and then stabilised
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17. Graphic by Eric Miller
The model will be continually developed
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18. The new BIBFRAME editor shall assist
cataloguers working with the model
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19. Photo by The Hamster Factor (CC BY-NC-ND): http://www.flickr.com/photos/disaster_area/3454110496/
DNB will continue to update its service
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RDA
FRBR
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20. So can BIBFRAME replace MARC?
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21. We need a format that allows for easier
data reuse and MARC is a problem
Archive
Museum
Corpora
tion
Foto von Doc Searls (CC BY):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/5500714140/
Library
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22. http://www.gedankenkonsum.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-future.jpg
BIBFRAME is an attempt to achieve that
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23. The DNB will continue to explore the
format and its possibilities
BIBFRAME
+
RDA
=
TRUE
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?

24. BIBFRAME – Making library data more
linked
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25. More information at
– http://bibframe.org/
– http://www.dnb.de/EN/bibframe
– Mailing list:
http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/bibframe.html
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