Designing an Extended BIBFRAME Bibliographic Structure for Describing Old Materials

Abstract

Currently, many countries are revising their cataloging rules based on the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard. In this process, however, there has been insufficient discussion regarding the representation of the unique bibliographic characteristics of old materials. This study examines the bibliographic elements necessary to describe the distinctive bibliographic characteristics of old materials. It also proposes an approach to incorporating these elements into bibliographic data creation by extending the bibliographic structure of BIBFRAME. By moving beyond traditional unit record approaches, this extended BIBFRAME-based structure can facilitate the semantic linking of bibliographic values inherent in old materials.