ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. This paper presents the IFPA software, an application for the UNESCO ISIS retrieval software, developed to manage the data and the relationships theorised in the IFLA FRBR conceptual model. The application interfaces-a DOS, a Microsoft Windows, and a Webbased one-are presented through their functionalities. A detailed database structure is explained, as well as the way the relationships between the entities are managed in the ISIS underlying environment, not originally designed for this task. The author stresses, finally, how this tool will be available free of charge to everyone who wants to experiment with this new cataloging approach. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Deliven' Service: J-800-HA WORTH. E-mail address:
KEYWORDS: IFPA, ISIS retrieval software, FRBR, library software
INTRODUCTION
BRIEF HISTORY
FUNCTIONAL/TIES AND INTERFACES
supports, among other things, the relationships management. The BEx utility set has been written in ISISPascal, a CDS/ISIS built-in programming language, which makes it possible to enforce the CDS/ISIS basic system with the development of very complex programs; these programs can interact with the CDS/ISIS basic system and its databases.5
