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XML Schema Definitions for FRBR, Version 1.0

Schema definitions for a core FRBR (frbr), an extended FRBR (efrbr), and a Variations FRBR (vfrbr).

User Guide. (pdf)

All entity elements are given an optional identifier attribute of type xsd:anyURI.

FRAD attributes have been included on the FRBR entities.

An XML element definitions spreadsheet for the FRBR entity attributes. (xls)

A .zip download of this directory with relative-referenced schemaLocations. (zip)


frbr xsd

sample instance document (xml)

namespaces diagram (png)

XML Schema expression of the FRBR Report content with entity attributes structured as XML elements with simple string content.

Group 1
Work entity, attributes, FRAD
Expression entity, attributes
Manifestation entity, attributes
Item entity, attributes, FRAD
Group 2
Person entity, attributes, FRAD
Family entity,   FRAD
CorporateBody entity, attributes, FRAD
Group 3
Concept entity, attributes
Event entity, attributes
Object entity, attributes
Place entity, attributes
Relationships
Structure relation, attributes
Responsible relation, attributes
Subject relation, attributes
Other relation, attributes
Common Relation Types

efrbr xsd

sample instance document (xml)

namespaces diagram (png)

An enhanced schema expression of the frbr schema.

The FRBR entity attributes are structured as XML element types that contain attributes.

A "note" attribute is added to all the FRBR entities.

An "extensions" element is added to all the FRBR entity XML elements for a simple generic approach to extending the FRBR entity attributes.

Group 1
Work entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Expression entity, attributes, extensions
Manifestation entity, attributes, extensions
Item entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Group 2
Person entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Family entity,   extensions, FRAD
CorporateBody entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Group 3
Concept entity, attributes, extensions
Event entity, attributes, extensions
Object entity, attributes, extensions
Place entity, attributes, extensions
Common Entity Types
Relationships
Structure relation attributes
Responsible relation, attributes
Subject relation, attributes
Other relation, attributes
Common Relation Types

vfrbr xsd

sample instance document (xml)

namespaces diagram (png)

An extension of the efrbr schema to support the Variations approach to expressing musical attributes for FRBR entities.

Group 1
Work entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Expression entity, attributes, extensions
Manifestation entity, attributes, extensions
Item entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Group 2
Person entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Family entity,   extensions, FRAD
CorporateBody entity, attributes, extensions, FRAD
Group 3
Concept entity, attributes extensions
Event entity, attributes, extensions
Object entity, attributes, extensions
Place entity, attributes, extensions
Common Entity Types
Relationships
Structure relation, attributes
Responsible relation, attributes
Subject relation, attributes
Other relation, attributes
Common Relation Types