FRBR Entities: Identity and Identification

The models in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) family all include ways to document names or terms for the entities defined in the models. The interrelationships between the models with regards to their treatment of names, identifiers and other appellation entities will be described. Current developments for integrating Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) and Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) concepts into FRBRoo are also putting a focus on naming and appellations. Identification is the ultimate aim, meaning to distinguish entities by unique appellations and to use the most reliable appellations for entities in a given context. This is an important step towards the consolidation of the models.