BIBFRAME Search Indexes

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The tables in the following sections identify the mapping of BIBFRAME class and properties to search indexes:

BIBFRAME Bibliographic All Titles Search
BIBFRAME Keyword Search Indexes

To access the search index information for the other metadata standards, see Search Indexes.

Latest BIBFRAME Updates

The latest Library of Congress BIBFRAME updates added to Alma are these:

BIBFRAME BIB
- Update No. 37, December 2023

For details, see https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe.html

BIBFRAME Bibliographic All Titles Search

The table below identifies the BIBFRAME bibliographic tags and the search indexes to which they are mapped that are available when performing an All Titles search.

You can create additional search indexes (for example, for local fields). For detailed information, see Configuring Search.

BIBFRAME Bibliographic Tag to Search Index Mapping
Tag	Search Index
URI suffix for class, subject and genreForm	Authority ID
id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relationship/partof	Content Related Data
bf:ProvisionActivity - bf:provisionActivity - bf:Publication - bf:place	Country of Publication
bf:Agent	Creator
bf:ProvisionActivity - bf:provisionActivity - bf:Publication - bf:date	Date Type Status
bf:classification - bf:ClassificationDdc	Dewey Decimal Class Number
bf:editionStatement	Edition
bf:genreForm	Genre Form
bf:identifiedBy - bf:Isbn	ISBN
bf:identifiedBy - bf:Issn	ISSN
bf:Language	Language
bf:AdminMetadata - bf:identifiedBy - bf:Lccn	LC Control Number
Based on rdf:type and work SubClasses https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe.html#c_Work	Material Type
bf:AdminMetadata - bf:identifiedBy - bf:Local - rdf:value (MMS ID)	MMS ID
bf:Agent	Name
bf:classification- bf:ClassificationNLM	NLM-type Call Number
bf:note - bf:Note	Notes
bf:AdminMetadata- bf:assigner	Original Cataloging Agency
bf:AdminMetadata - bf:identifiedBy - bf:Local	Other System Number
bf:ProvisionActivity - bf:provisionActivity - bf:Publication	Publisher
bf:Role	Relator
Based on rdf:type and work and instance SubClasses https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibfra...tml#c_Instance https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe.html#c_Work	Resource Type
id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relationship/subseriesof	Series
bf:AdminMetadata - bf:identifiedBy - bf:Local	Standard Number
bf:identifiedBy - bf:ReportNumber	Standard Number
bf:subject	Subjects
bf:title - bf:Title	Title
bf:title - bf:VarientTitle	Title
bf:classification- bf:ClassificationUdc	Universal Decimal Class Number
URI of the instance	Title URI
URI of the work	Parent URI

BIBFRAME Keyword Search Indexes

The following list identifies the fields searched when performing a keyword search.

Some fields of Physical Items and Digital Files listed below are also mapped to the "All Titles Keywords Search". For example; Barcode, Item Description, Public Note, File Label, Representation Label.

All Titles
- Government Document Number
- ISBN (ISBN10 and ISBN13)
- ISSN
- Medical Subjects (MeSH)
- Name
- Electronic Location
- Publisher
- Series
- Subjects
- Title
- Uniform Title
- Serial Title
- Date of Publication
- Note
- Other System Number
- ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
- ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier)
- Title URI (instance URI)
- Parent URI (work URI)
- MMS ID

Viewing BIBFRAME as MARC and Vice-Versa in All Titles Search

When viewing a BIBRFAME instance selected from the Alma search results, you can view the record converted to MARC by clicking on the MARC tab, and view the work by clicking on the View Work button visible above the record.

Viewing a BIBFRAME Instance record converted to MARC

BIBFRAME Instance converted to MARC