FRSAD

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data, or FRSAD, previously known as Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records, or FRSAR is a conceptual entity-relationship model currently being developed by a workgroup International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). It is a continuation of the work done on the FRBR model, further explaining how the Group 3 entities, that consists of "entities that serve as subjects of intellectual or artistic endeavor" (IFLA 1998), can be related and controlled within the bibliographic universe. The model is meant to ease global sharing and use of subject authority data. The final draft of the report is to be presented in the spring of 2009 at the 75th IFLA General Conference and Council in Milan.