Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) - A Conceptual Model

Abstract

The purpose of authority control is to ensure consistency in representing a value - a name of a person, a place name, or a term or code representing a subject - in the elements used as access points in information retrieval. The primary purpose of this study is to produce a framework that will provide a clearly stated and commonly shared understanding of what the subject authority data/record/file aims to provide information about, and the expectation of what such data should achieve in terms of answering user needs. This model is superseded by the 2017 IFLA Library Reference Model: A Conceptual Model for Bibliographic Information (IFLA LRM).