On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/9/2012 1:12 AM, Luciano Ramalho wrote:
>>
>> For a full explanation of the distinction between work and edition,
>> the canonical reference is the FRBR document:
>>
>>
>> http://www.ifla.org/publications/functional-requirements-for-bibliographic-records
>
>
> Except Open Libraries "Edition" is more like FRBR model's "Manifestation",
> so I'm not sure if sending people to FRBR to explain things will help or
> confuse!

You are right, OL chose an easier to understand name for
"manifestation". Still, if anyone is really interested in
understanding what a work is, as opposed to expressions and
manifestations/editions, the FRBR diagrams and examples are useful.

Cheers,

Luciano





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