Answered By: Ellan Jenkinson Last Updated: Aug 15, 2024 Views: 46
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online library catalogues and bibliographic databases from a user’s perspective. It represents a more holistic approach to retrieval and access as the relationships between the entities provide links to navigate through the hierarchy of relationships. The model is significant because it is separate from specific cataloguing standards such as Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR), Resource Description and Access (RDA) and International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD).
Primo VE records are grouped using the principles in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records published by the IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. The grouping process creates a vector for every Alma record (and all imported records from external sources). This vector includes one or more keys that identify the group it represents. Keys are based on the metadata fields in the source record (MARC or DC records).
Records that have a matching key (Primo VE attempts to match all keys in the record) are added to a FRBR group and assigned a FRBR ID. Because records can belong to one FRBR group only, Primo VE terminates the grouping process for a record as soon as it is matched with a group.
The group IDs are indexed and used during searches to group search results by the same group ID. A record that belongs to a FRBR group displays the Multiple versions exist. See all versions link in the brief results, which enables users to see all records that have been grouped together. The record that displays in the brief results can be configured to display either information for a preferred record or generic information that pertains to all records in the group. After performing a search, results are grouped by FRBR ID, and after selecting the Multiple versions exist. See all versions link, the results are grouped by Dedup ID.
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