Bibframe: linked data model for libraries

Abstract

Introduction: The technological development of the last decade has provided new tools for modeling, representation and organization of information resources in the most different fields of knowledge. In the field of Information Science highlights the Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME) as a new model of representation that enables the formal description of the relationships between resources. This data model is related to research trends involving Linked Data; Data Science; Enhanced Publication and Semantic Web. Objective: Provide theoretical subsidies that contribute for a better understanding of BIBFRAME data model, describing its entirety, and to present a discussion on the main challenges and prospects for use of this new data model in libraries. Methodology: The methodology is characterized as exploratory and descriptive research, with a theoretical approach. Results: They were presented the main technologies, conceptual elements and features of BIBFRAME model and reported the challenges and prospects of using this new data model in libraries. Conclusion: The BIBFRAME model contributes to a paradigm shift in relation to how do we envision the processes of control, exchange and sharing in informational resources, providing a boost to the repositioning of libraries in the contemporary scenery in order to strengthen activities related to identification and formalization of relationships between resources available in web.