Introduction
ISBD for Manifestation (ISBDM) is a partial implementation of the IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM).
ISBDM covers only the Manifestation entity of the LRM.
ISBDM provides stipulations and guidance for describing a single manifestation and relating it to other manifestations and to other LRM entities.
ISBDM is designed for stand-alone use in an entity-based cataloguing environment.
It may also be used in conjunction with other partial or complete implementations of the LRM to provide fuller descriptions of bibliographic resources.
ISBDM metadata is intended to be interoperable with metadata from other implementations of the LRM and LRM entities.
ISBDM stipulations support two distinct applications of entity-based cataloguing:
- linked open data applications
- relational database applications
See also: Metadata utility and processing
ISBDM has similar coverage to the consolidated ISBD which has a primary focus on the Manifestation entity, with secondary coverage of the other LRM resource entities Work, Expression, and Item. Most of the information recorded in a consolidated ISBD description can be recorded in an ISBDM description, albeit in a different structure.