FRBR/CIDOC CRM Harmonization

The Working Group on FRBR/CIDOC CRM Harmonization now has its Web page on IFLANET. The current draft of the object-oriented version of FRBR, nicknamed "FRBRoo", and consolidated minutes of the WG's meetings are also available there.

Tasks: in cooperation with the CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group, prepare an object-oriented formulation of FRBR (FRBRoo) that is a compatible extension of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM).

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CIDOC CRM is the conceptual reference model for museum information, expressed in object-oriented formalism. Originally developed by the International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums (ICOM CIDOC), it has now become an ISO standard (ISO 21127:2006).

Building semantic bridges between museums, libraries and archives: The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model by Tony Gill

The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model is an object–oriented domain ontology for the interchange of rich and heterogeneous cultural heritage information from museums, libraries and archives. It is the evolutionary result of over two decades of collaborative international standards work by ICOM/CIDOC, the Comité International pour la Documentation of the International Council of Museums. This paper briefly explains the purpose, scope, structure and history of the CIDOC CRM, and outlines how it could be used as a building block in a global Semantic Web of culture.