Introduction

This began as the Futurelib Wiki around 2006, when we were just beginning to think about a post-MARC library catalog. It is now 2025 and although much has changed, a lot has not. One of the things that we tend to ignore in the library field is our own development history. This is an archive of that wiki.

Definitions

Analysis of MARC

0XX fields

Fixed fields

Bib fields

Models

Use Cases

FRBR Models Discussion

Next Generation Catalog

Bibliography

Requirements

Projects Page

People

Scenarios

Issues and Ideas

Catalogs as examples

Next Generation Data Format

Bibliography

Framework for A Bibliographic Future

Discussion of Martha Yee's RDF Questions

Data and Studies

Requirements

Scenarios for the Replacement of MARC

MARC elements

MARC in RDF

Bibliographic Metadata (formats, vocabularies)

Issues and Ideas

Vocabularies and Registries

Proposed Framework

Application Profiles

AP Template

AP template examples