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)
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.
| Work | entity, | attributes, | FRAD |
| Expression | entity, | attributes | |
| Manifestation | entity, | attributes | |
| Item | entity, | attributes, | FRAD |
| Person | entity, | attributes, | FRAD |
| Family | entity, | FRAD | |
| CorporateBody | entity, | attributes, | FRAD |
| Concept | entity, | attributes |
| Event | entity, | attributes |
| Object | entity, | attributes |
| Place | entity, | attributes |
| Structure | relation, | attributes |
| Responsible | relation, | attributes |
| Subject | relation, | attributes |
| Other | relation, | attributes |
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.
| Work | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Expression | entity, | attributes, | extensions | |
| Manifestation | entity, | attributes, | extensions | |
| Item | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Person | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Family | entity, | extensions, | FRAD | |
| CorporateBody | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Concept | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Event | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Object | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Place | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Structure | relation | attributes |
| Responsible | relation, | attributes |
| Subject | relation, | attributes |
| Other | relation, | attributes |
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.
| Work | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Expression | entity, | attributes, | extensions | |
| Manifestation | entity, | attributes, | extensions | |
| Item | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Person | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Family | entity, | extensions, | FRAD | |
| CorporateBody | entity, | attributes, | extensions, | FRAD |
| Concept | entity, | attributes | extensions |
| Event | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Object | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Place | entity, | attributes, | extensions |
| Structure | relation, | attributes |
| Responsible | relation, | attributes |
| Subject | relation, | attributes |
| Other | relation, | attributes |
