Mapping Relationships: Examining Bibliographic Relationships in Sheet Maps from Tillett to RDA

This study presents a qualitative examination of the applicability of several taxonomies of bibliographic relationships to sheet maps. Examples of relationships between sheet maps are identified and typed using the systems developed by Tillett and Smiraglia and the taxonomy of relationships described in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) conceptual model and in Resource Description and Access (RDA). This process reveals that whilemany of the relationship categories in these systems apply well to sheet maps, some are not applicable at all while others may apply with some redefinition