Question: What's What’s WEMI? What does it have to do with FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)?
Answer: WEMI is an acronym for Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item. These are called "Group “Group 1 entities" entities” in the FRBR model.
FRBR offers us a fresh perspective on the
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cataloging rules tended to be very unclear
about using the words "work," "edition,"“work,” “edition,”
or “item.” or "item." Even in everyday language,
we tend to say a "book" “book” when we may
actually mean several things.
For example, when we say "book" “book” to
describe a physical object that has paper
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used to prop open a door or hold up a table
leg, FRBR calls this an "item“item." ”
When we say "book" “book” we also may mean a
"publication" “publication” as when we go to a bookstore
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ISBN but the particular copy does not
matter as long as it's it’s in good condition
and not missing pages. FRBR calls this
a "manifestation“manifestation." ”
When we say "book" “book” as in 'who ‘who translated
that book,' ’ we may have a particular text in
mind and a specific language. FRBR calls
this an "expression“expression." ”
When we say "book" “book” as in 'who ‘who wrote
that book,' ’ we could mean a higher level
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being told in the book, the ideas in a person'sperson’s
head for the book. FRBR calls this a "work“work." ”
From Barbara Tillett's Tillett’s What is FRBR? http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
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