ORIGINAL STUDY
Functional Analysis of the MARC 21
Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
Prepared for the Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
by Tom Delsey
This document contains the original study, "Functional
Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Format." Please see www.loc.gov/marc/frbr/functional-analysis.html for
the latest revision of it.
In 2001, the Network Development and MARC Standards Office commissioned a study
to examine MARC 21 from several perspectives:
- the FRBR model
- the AACR cataloging code model
- a set of user tasks that the format might logically support
The study used the models from IFLA's
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and the related
The Logical Structure
of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and was carried out by the consultant
who was largely responsible for those studies, Tom Delsey, of Thomas J. Delsey
consultancy. By sponsoring this analysis and making it available, the Network
Development and MARC Standards Office and others can use the information when
analyzing or making decisions related to format maintenance, system implementation,
and data sharing. The study will be an important tool for continuing development
of MARC 21.
The study is in the PDF format. You may need Acrobat
Reader 5 to view these pages.
Only Appendices D and E have been updated to reflect the 2002 MARC 21 format
changes (Update No 3). Appendix D extends the FRBR model to cover data elements
in MARC not in the original model. Appendix E maps the totality of MARC to the
original plus the extended model.
Links to the study are below. Please note that the document is extensive. Therefore,
larger appendices are divided into numbered sections for faster downloading.
The number of pages in each section is indicated.
DOCUMENT CONTENTS
- Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic
and Holdings Formats [18 pages] Updated!
- Appendix A - Mapping of MARC Data Elements to FRBR and AACR
[125 pages]
- [1], pages 1-30 [30 pages]
- [2], pages 31-60 [30 pages]
- [3], pages 61-90 [30 pages]
- [4], pages 91-125 [34 pages]
- Appendix B - Mapping of FRBR
to MARC Data Elements [58 pages]
- Appendix C - Mapping of AACR
to MARC Data Elements [55 pages]
- Appendix D - Extending the FRBR
Model to Reflect the Data Content of the MARC Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
[57 pages] Updated!
- Appendix E - Mapping of MARC Data Elements to User Tasks
[108 pages] Updated!
- Introduction, pages 1-3
- Table (part 1), pages 1-55 [55
pages]
- Table (part 2), pages 56-97 [42
pages]
- Notes, pages 1-8
- Download Appendix E in Access
2000 via FTP [23 MB] (right click on the link and save the file to your
hard drive)
- Download Appendix E in an ASCII
delimited text file via FTP [317 KB]
- Appendix F - Mapping of Metadata
Entities and Attributes to MARC Data Elements [32 pages]
RELATED STUDIES
The Network Development and MARC Standards Office would like to learn about
research or experimentation that users undertake using information from this
document. Over time either a list of projects and/or a bibliography of studies
will be compiled.
If there are questions or corrections please contact us at: ndmso@loc.gov.
UPDATE HISTORY
- 2002-03-21:
- Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- 2002-08-13:
- Appendix E -- added additional fields and other information from MARC 21
Bibliographic and Holdings 2001 updates; also made available in Access 2000
and in an ASCII delimited text file.
-
2003-07-10:
- Appendix E -- added additional fields and other information from MARC 21
Bibliographic and Holdings 2002 updates
- 2003-07-14:
- Appendix D -- added a definition to record attributes to accommodate the
MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings 2002 updates
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