New xID features
OCLC’s Xiaoming Liu has added some new features to their xID services, of which xISBN is probably the most familiar. xISSN and xOCLCNUM both support some new information. Check his blog post for links to the API, etc.
Work, expression, manifestation, item … blog.
A weblog following developments around the world in FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
Maintained by William Denton, Web Librarian at York University. Suggestions and comments welcome at wtd@pobox.com.
Confused? Try What Is FRBR? (2.8 MB PDF) by Barbara Tillett, or Jenn Riley's introduction. For more, see the basic reading list.
Books: FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed by Robert Maxwell (ISBN 9780838909508) and Understanding FRBR: What It Is and How It Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools edited by Arlene Taylor (ISBN 9781591585091) (read my chapter FRBR and the History of Cataloging).
OCLC’s Xiaoming Liu has added some new features to their xID services, of which xISBN is probably the most familiar. xISSN and xOCLCNUM both support some new information. Check his blog post for links to the API, etc.