FRBR and serials: the PRESSoo model

In 2013, the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the ISSN International Centre developed an extension of the FRBRoo model devoted to serials and continuing resources: the PRESSoo model. This initiative is intended to address some long-standing issues related to the application of the FRBR model to serials. This paper provides background information about the application of the FRBR model to serials and a detailed presentation about the PRESSoo model itself. It demonstrates in particular how PRESSoo “captures and represents the underlying semantics of bibliographic information about continuing resources” in a satisfactory manner. The paper also presents the methodology of the project (short-time project developed at the “local level” by both cataloguers and experts in modelling, then presented to international standards bodies, followed by the first practical application of PRESSoo).