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Resources, What are they and how do we identify them?* (Identity (Issues…

- - - - FRBR
        Abstract Hierarchy Model
    - - People will choose a name or describe something, depending on their own experiences and context.
        
        In the 1980s, Experiments were conducted at Bell Labs by George
        Furnas et al. They assessed the similarities and differences in the names the test subjects gave to various resources and functions, measuring how much people would agree with the different names given.
        
        Homonymy
        
        A group of words that usually but not always have different spellings and usually sound alike, but have different meanings. e.g Bite - Nibble and Byte - data
        
        Polysemy
        
        One word with two or more distinct meanings e.g Box. 1) a container 2) a seating area. 3) to fight with fist
        
        Lost in Translation
        
        When Translated some words may take on the wrong meaning
      - Overcoming Identity issues using a controlled vocabulary
        
        A fixed or closed dictionary of appropriate terms. used in a particular domain
        
        Decreases the number of words allowed to be used.
        
        Reduces synonymy and homonymy and eliminating undesirable associations,
- - - - Type of resource
        
        Books, Art, Music, Data, Animal, Plant etc
        
        Usually the top level of classification
    - - Is the resource Physical or Digital
    - - Is the resource Passive or Active
        
        Passive
        We have to initiate interaction with the resource
        
        Active
        It Interacts with us
    - - Is the resource Primary or Descriptive
        
        Primary
        is it the main resource
        
        Can have
        1 or more Description resources associated with it
        
        Descriptive
        The resources that describe the primary resource
        
        Metadata
- - - - Governed by rules that define the possible values and naming conventions.
        
        Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
        
        Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) thesaurus
        
        Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus
        
        Used in NHS Libraries where is Currently Work
        
        Dublin Core Model