Re: [libdb-develop] parts

[Morbus I. <mo...@di...>]

CCing to the FRBR list...

>Re: the schema, this may not be terribly relevant to movies (though it
>could be depending on one's needs), but one thing I don't see (am I
>just missing it?) is a way to represent parts.

I can certainly see this being relevant from an FRBR point of view. One of
the big things of FRBR is relationships: how an expression (a movie) is
related to its manifestation (a DVD), how an expression (a movie) is
related to its work (the shooting script) and so forth. But, I can rattle
off, and I'm sure a lot of other people can too, movies (expressions) that
contain scenes of other expressions (movies - am I flipflopping too much?).

For instance, there's one entire scene ripped from POISON that is shown in
FINAL EXAMINATION. Having something more than just a generic "note" would
be helpful, especially when the same scene is repeated a number of times
(most notably, car explosions used in Lloyd Kaufman and Roger Corman
flicks; "show me all movies that contain this expression[ette]").

I'm not sure how to properly represent this within FRBR - at most,
portions of an expression (a paragraph, an article, a slice of time)
would be related to another expression (E1 containsPartOf E2; E2
hasPartAppearingIn E1), but that still (at least, in the current
schema) doesn't give us extent and other helpful info.

From a schema point of view, I could see a new "expressionettes"
mini-entity (/database table) that could segregate an unique expression
(note, that an expressionette would NOT break apart things that are
already separate expressions, like a DVD and it's liner notes, or an
English book and it's study guide).

So, something like:

 E1: Final examination (directed by some guy)
  EN1: 23:45 - 24:15, swimming pool dive by Kari Wuhrer
  Relationship: EN1 PartAppearsIn E2.

 E2: Poison (directed by some guy)
  Relationship: EN2 containsPart EN1.

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