Example Basic Conversion

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide a step-by-step conversion example of a BIBFRAME encoded description, converted from MARCXML, to a Schema.org description.

It is to establish what the Schema.org output should look, and where [in the BIBFRAME] the values of the Types and Properties are obtained.

It is designed to provide input into the definition of a mapping specification, not to produce the specification itself.

Format

The BIBFRAME description being used for this example is that of a Book The Gruffalo by Julia Donoldson as referenced in the Library of Congress Catalog (LCCN 98033893), converted from MARCXML by the Library of Congress BIBFRAME Comparison Tool.

Potentially such a conversion will produce three main entity types: a BIBFRAME Work (bf:Work), BIFRAME Instance (bf:Instance), and BIFRAME Item (bf:Item). This particular example only produces a bf:Work and a bf:Instance.

Although the bf:Work, bf:Instance, and bf:Item data are combined in the BIBFRAME output, for clarity the creation of Schema.org equivalents for each is addressed separately below.

For reference the source XML BIBFRAME used for this example can be downloaded File:LCCN-98033893.xml