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More about adding a collaboratorCatalog - Conceptual Overview
As a Digital Bible Librarian
Or other stakeholder in global Bible publishing
In order to discover and publish Scriptures
I want to track what expressions (usually translations),
And what manifestations (e.g. publications, project files) of them exist,
And what metadata we know for those manifestations,
And how they relate to other expressions and manifestations
VOCABULARY
If you're going to help make or steer this catalog, you should probably understand WEMI and read:
- http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/frbr.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records
You should be especially clear on the following technical language of catalogs:
WORK, a distinct intellectual or artistic creation (e.g. God's inspired Word, the Gospel According to Matthew, the New Testament)
EXPRESSION, the intellectual or artistic realization of a work in a particular mode (audio, video, script) but no particular media (e.g. an (abstract) audio recording, an (abstract) translation, a Uniform Title)
UNIFORM TITLE, a thing that might have tons of expressions, like Beetoven's Fifth Symphony, that might have different settings, productions, etc., but which we want to refer to by a single title.
MANIFESTATION, the physical embodiment of an EXPRESSION of a work (e.g. an mp3 file, a manuscript, a printed version)
ITEM, a single copy of a manifestation (e.g. the particular copy of the NIV on your shelf with your notes on it). Usually we will not be concerned with items (unless you are talking about the original Dead Sea Scrolls). Collectors are concerned with items.
LIBRARIAN, a real user of the Global Bible Catalog with the task of making sure entries are well cataloged for bibliographic and publishing needs.
- Scenarios
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- see a list of translations
- Recognize different EXPRESSIONs
- Searching
- Duplicate Prevention Search
- Duplicate Prevention Search
- Possible Metadata
- Catalog promotes discovery of sources and rights holders
- see a list of translations
-
- Given
- I am a LIBRARIAN
- When
- I browse the catalog
- Then
- I see a list of unique entries
- And
- those entries correspond to Bible translations
- And
- those entries, in Bibliographic terms, are EXPRESSIONS of the WORK we call Scripture
- Recognize different EXPRESSIONs
-
- Given
- I am a librarian,
- When
- I examine a list of translations (i.e. EXPRESSIONS)
- Then
-
I can dig down to a list of MANIFESTATIONS derivitive types:
type Paratext Project Set Print-Ready PDF files Set of dramatized MP3 files Reference to a published book version A lectionary web page for preaching preparation - But
-
I will not see EXPRESSIONS of reference or reflective types:
Commentary Bible dictionary Devotional Bible study curriculum
- Searching
-
- Given
- I am a librarian
- When
- I search for "<search_term>"
- Then
- I find the EXPRESSION "<found>"
- But
-
I don't find the EXPRESSION "<not_found>"
search_term found not_found zulu Zulu Orth 1959 ASV
- Duplicate Prevention Search
-
- Given
- I am a librarian
- When
- I attempt to add a new EXPRESSION
- Then
- I see a list of potential duplicates or root EXPRESSIONs
- And
- am strongly discouraged from creating another
- Duplicate Prevention Search
-
- Given
- I am a librarian
- When
- I attempt to add a new MANIFESTATION
- Then
- I see a list of potential duplicates or root MANIFESTATIONS
- Possible Metadata
-
- Given
- I am a librarian
- When
- I edit an EXPRESSION of type "type"
- Then
- I can enter metadata of the expected DBL field "field"
- And
- that "example" metadata validates according to DBL xml schema
- And
- "failing_example" metadata, if given, doesn't validate
Examples: # Textual Metadata type field example failing_example string title "The Penguin New Testament" 3 - Catalog promotes discovery of sources and rights holders
-
- Given
- I am a librarian
- When
- I edit an EXPRESSION
- Then
- I can see who has them
- And
- I can see who owns them
Last published over 6 years ago by bradobro.