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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records - a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online library catalogues and bibliographic databases from a user’s perspective. It represents a more holistic approach to retrieval and access as the relationships between the entities provide links to navigate through the hierarchy of relationships. The model is significant because it is separate from specific cataloguing standards such as Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) or International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD).

• The Application of FRBR to Musical Works - The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) proposes a four-tier hierarchy to describe relationships between works and their derivations. Most scholarship on FRBR and musical works has concentrated on classical music within the Western canon, and little attention has been paid to other genres of music. This study takes a bipartite content sample of both classical and non-classical musical works, investigating the issues with both using the FRBR framework. Results indicate there is a blurring of the roles within popular music that can call into question the boundaries of "work" and "expression." The examination of the pieces within the classical canon revealed many FRBR-specific relationships, but also the existence of relationships with no FRBR equivalent, and the examination of non-classical works revealed even more relationships that were either ambiguous or non-existent in the FRBR framework. The study concludes that there may be significant problems trying to tackle non-classical musical works and their mutations with a strict hierarchical model such as FRBR.