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The progress made by the Bibliographic framework initiative (Bibframe) in 2014 is described. Developments are related to the consolidation of Bibframe at the organizational level, as an element of cooperation between institutions, including those who have different views on linked open data such as OCLC and the Library of Congress. The implementers list has been greatly expanded, making it possible to evaluate Bibframe for various new applications. Finally, advances in the Bibframe data model and in tools available to test this model are summarized.

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The most significant advances of the Bibliographic framework initiative (Bibframe) during 2015 are described, along with the proposal for a new version of the Bibframe vocabulary (Bibframe 2.0 draft specifications), and its impact on the core classes: Item, Title and Authority. Along with this, a synopsis of presentations given about Bibframe in 2015 and early 2016 is provided in order to give an overview of the status and evolution of the projects being generated around this initiative.

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The progress of the Bibframe Initiative in 2016 and the first quarter of 2017 is discussed. The difficulty of transforming the MARC 21 format into a new format lies within the model itself, but also in building a new cataloging ecosystem, both for catalogers and for library software. In spite of this, some of the most important libraries in the world are determined to follow this path. An analogy is drawn with the theoretical model and the subsequent cataloging rules promoted by IFLA, paying attention to the transition from AACR2 and ISBD to RDA, and from the FRBR family to LRM. The advantages that derive from the adoption of a data model adapted to RDA and linked open data are emphasized. OCLC, participating in the Bibframe initiative, has also explored the application of linked open data based on Schema.org. It is reported that the new version of the Bibframe 2.0 vocabulary has already been approved. And, finally, in 2107, the publication of new specifications to transform MARC 21 records to Bibframe will serve as an extension of the knowledge of this new standard.

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Los cuatro capítulos que componen este informe tienen como finalidad actualizar el anterior análisis de Mitchell sobre linked data, publicado también en Library technology reports (LTR) en 2013. Mitchell, Erik T. (2016). “Library linked data: Early activity and development”. Library technology reports, v. 52, n. 1 (January). American Library Association. https://journals.ala.org/ltr/issue/view/534

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This article summarizes the main aspects of the evolution of Bibframe in 2017, including the internationalization of the project (which was intensified by the statement of the Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) in support of the internationalization of Bibframe, the extension of the model to Europe, and the first real experience carried out by the National Library of Sweden. In addition, projects that aim to test Bibframe in production are also reviewed.

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The advancing Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) is described, emphasizing that with the publication of the minutes of the MARBI Midsummer meeting on 2013 this committee was officially dissolved. MARBI has been operative for 30 years. It is noteworthy that at the same meeting the MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) was created with the aim of continuing the maintenance of the MARC 21 format, but also fostering the development of BIBFRAME, as MARBI had done so far. This factre presents a hiatus in cataloguing. Resource: Description and Access has already entered into production, as well as the development of Europeana Data Model and its adoption by various international projects, most notably the Digital Public Library of America. Finally, we examine whether these important processes are objectively having any impact on the Spanish libraries.