YouTube: Applying FRBR and Exploring the Multiple Description Coding Compression Model

This article reports on a study exploring Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and a preservation model (Multiple Description Coding Compression [MDC2]) for addressing YouTube’s multiple variant and preservation challenges. A sample included 20 YouTube segments: 10 connected with US astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon, and 10 with the 1966 classic movie, Batman: The Movie. The FRBR analysis used a qualitative content analysis, and the MDC2 exploration used protocol modeling. Results indicate that FRBR is applicable to YouTube, although the FRBR analyses required localization of the Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item entities. The MDC2 exploration illustrates an approach for exploring FRBR in the context of other models.