Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD): A Conceptual Model

by Marcia Lei Zeng (Editor), Maja Žumer (Editor), Athena Salaba (Editor)

The purpose of authority control is to ensure consistency in representing a value - a name of a person, a place name, or a term or code representing a subject - in the elements used as access points in information retrieval. The primary purpose of this study is to produce a framework that will provide a clearly stated and commonly shared understanding of what the subject authority data/record/file aims to provide information about, and the expectation of what such data should achieve in terms of answering user needs.

74 pages, ebook

First published May 17, 2011

About the author

Marcia Lei Zeng is a professor in the School of Information at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.