Item
One physical or electronic copy of an Instance.
Single example of an Instance
BIBFRAME's definition of
bf:Item. The primer has a section on it.
Properties
| Property | Takes | What BIBFRAME says it is |
|---|---|---|
rdfs:label | Text | defined by RDF Schema |
title | Title | Name given to a resource. (Title resource) |
note | Ref | General textual information relating to a resource, such as Information about a specific copy of a resource or information about a particular attribute of a resource. |
subject | Ref | Subject term(s) describing a resource. |
identifiedBy | Identifier | Character string associated with a resource that serves to differentiate that resource from other resources, i.e., that uniquely identifies an entity. (Identifier) |
adminMetadata | AdminMetadata | Metadata about the metadata, especially provenance information. (Administrative metadata) |
contribution | Contribution | Agent and its role in relation to the resource (Contributor and role) |
classification | Classification | Classification number in any scheme. |
language | Ref | Language associated with a resource or its parts. (Language information) |
genreForm | Ref | Form category or genre to which a resource belongs |
provisionActivity | ProvisionActivity | Place, name, and/or date information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, production, etc. of a resource. |
relation | Relation | Associated resource and its relationship to the resource being described |
seriesStatement | Text | Statement of the series the resource is in; usually transcribed; includes the ISSN if applicable. |
electronicLocator | Ref | Electronic location from which the resource is available. (Electronic location) |
bflc:aap | Text | defined by the BIBFRAME LC extension |
expressionOf | Ref | Work or Hub that the described Work or Hub is an expression of; used to connect Works and/or Hubs under LRM/RDA guidelines or similar implementations |
itemOf | Ref | Instance for which the described Item is an example (Holding for) |
Every property here holds an array, and a property this definition does not name is still checked: it must be an array too. Naming a property buys a check on what its values look like, and nothing else.
The schema
https://blue-core-lod.github.io/bibframe-json/schema/dialect/Item.json is this definition on its own, and https://blue-core-lod.github.io/bibframe-json/schema/dialect.json is the whole shape with every definition inlined. They are checked against each other over the conformance corpus, so either is safe to depend on.