Knowledge approach to restructuring the bibliographic record:

A new structure for the bibliographic record is suggested based on the definition of knowledge. Therefore, the new structure should be able to:

1) assemble, categorize, relate and represent all the available entities in a bibliographic family based on a comprehensible pattern,

2) represent a clear picture of the bibliographic family, i.e., the totality of a  work  (its different editions and manifestations) available in/through a catalog

3) illustrate the relationships between and/or among bibliographic entities,

4) identify and represent the place of each work in the bibliographic hierarchy,

5) provide the ability for the user to relate his/her previous knowledge to what is represented, and finally

6) develop the user's knowledge of the bibliographic universe.

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