ALEG

What I've done

• This week, we (MLA, ALM, KF) agreed to replace the Work/Instantiation model with the Work/Expression/Manifestation model of FRBR! Having made this decision, we discussed typical sample uses (of "Voss", serials, multi-instantiation expressions) and decided on a attribute list as a subset of the FRBR sets, plus a few extra attributes of our own.

  This decision requires a lot of reworking of the data model documentation, which I've started - probably another day to complete it.

• We also adopted the term "agent" to replace "creator", and the 'pseudo-agent' entity to represent names pseudonyms in a very general way. This has meant reworking the names and agents documentation.

• Further development of screen mockups for data maintenance.

• Discussions on thesaurus structure.

• Start preparing for the ALEG Partners meeting in Hobart.

• Data Model - finish updatating to reflect FRBR decision

• More work on screen mockups for data entry, exploring options for entering linking, soliciting lots of feedback!

• Prepartion of materials for Hobart

• Probably talk more to ALM/MLA/TW about thesaurus structure

• I'm happy with the adoption of FRBR - the extra work to incorporate it now in our documentation will be worth it, given the feedback we've had from those knowledgable about the directions of cataloging and resource description.