New Variations Project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Indiana University's Digital Library Program has received a federal grant of $481,987 to demonstrate the benefits of an emerging form of cataloging using IU's vast collections of sound recordings and...
View ArticleVariations/FRBR project funded
Indiana University is pleased to announce funding for a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a project entitled "Variations as a Testbed for the FRBR...
View ArticleVariations/FRBR Project featured in D-Lib Magazine
A news item regarding the launch of the Variations/FRBR project is featured in the November/December 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine. The entry, in the "In Brief" section, can be read at...
View ArticleWork identification algorithm available
The Variations3 project (precursor to Variations/FRBR) has performed a series of experiments designed to maximize the information we can map to the Variations3 work-based metadata model from MARC...
View ArticleVariations/FRBR Project Featured in IU Libraries Sources Newsletter
The Fall 2008 issue of the IU Libraries Sources newsletter features an article on the Variations/FRBR projct, entitled "National Grant for Digital Music."
View ArticleTwo Variations usability reports available
Variations/FRBR project team member Julie Hardesty has released two reports intended to inform the design of the project's search and cataloging interfaces. These reports summarize the work of two...
View ArticleVariations/FRBR development team in place
The Variations/FRBR project is pleased to welcome two grant-funded programmers to the project team. Paul McElwain joins the project following his work as a Programmer/Analyst on the Variations3...
View ArticleFRBR XML Schemas released
The Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University (http://vfrbr.info) is pleased to announce the release of an initial set of XML Schemas for the encoding of FRBRized bibliographic data. The...
View ArticleScherzo, V/FRBR search system released
Indiana University is pleased to announce the public (very Beta) release of Scherzo, a music discovery system designed as a testbed of the FRBR conceptual model. The system may be accessed at...
View ArticleFRBRized data available for download
The Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University has released bulk downloads of metadata for the sound recordings presented in the Scherzo music discovery system in a FRBRized XML format. The...
View ArticleFRBRized cataloging tool designs and screencasts released
One of the greatest challenges to implementing the FRBR conceptual model might be creating a cataloging interface that provides for efficient and effective data entry. The V/FRBR project has released...
View ArticleNew XML Schemas for FRBR data released
The Variations/FRBR Project at Indiana University (http://vfrbr.info) has released version 1.1 of a set of XML Schemas designed for the representation of FRBR data in XML. The 1.1 Schema release...
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