FRBR as an interdisciplinary high-middle-range theory for information science — a theoretical perspective

Renear, Allen H.; Dubin, David

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FRBR as an interdisciplinary high-middle-range theory for information science — a theoretical perspective

Author(s)

• Renear, Allen H.
• Dubin, David

Issue Date

2008-02-28

Keyword(s)

• FRBR
• information science
• R. K. Merton
• theory
• conceptual modeling
• ontology

Abstract

We suggest that IFLA’s Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records is an interesting, if unexpected, example of Merton’s “theories of the middle range” and show how theoretical analysis and refinement of such theories can illuminate the deep interdisciplinarity of information science.

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