In 1998, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records FRBR model which is composed by four entities work, expression, manifestation and item and their associative relationships primary, responsibility and subject , was proposed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions IFLA. The FRBR model can be deployed as a logical framework for proceeding metadata analysis and developing metadata format. This paper presents a case study of the National Palace Museum NPM in Taipei to examine the feasibility of the FRBR model. With the diversified needs from various content communities, an analysis model is introduced at Academia Sinica to refine and enhance the FRBR model, in order to meet metadata requirements across diverse knowledge domains, which is composed of three facets function, subject domain, data type and styleand one supportive community layer.
Simon C. Lin, Ya-ning Chen, Shu-jiun Chen, Yi-ting