"I think we've gotten to the point in these discussions where we have to
define our terms. In the same way that "MARC" means both a structure and
data elements and a content standard, the terms FRBR and RDA are now
taking on multiple meanings."
Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops "KIM-Workshop: Vom Datensilo ins Semantic Web - Interoperabilität von Metadaten" auf dem Bibliothekskongress in Leipzig, März 2010
The German National Library is currently generating training materials and making these available to all libraries and other cultural institutions in the German-speaking countries to coincide with the introduction of the new cataloguing code Resource Description and Access (RDA). The intention of the German National Library is to support the associations, libraries and other institutions in developing their own training materials and to help avoid duplication of work.
The Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard, due to be released this coming summer, has included since May 2007 a parallel effort to build Semantic Web enabled vocabularies. This article describes that effort and the decisions made to express the vocabularies for use within the library community and in addition as a bridge to the future of library data outside the current MARC-based systems. The authors also touch on the registration activities that have made the vocabularies usable independently of the RDA textual guidance. Designed for both human and machine users, the registered vocabularies describe the relationships between FRBR, the RDA classes and properties and the extensive value vocabularies developed for use within RDA.
RDA (Resource Description and Access) - the working title of the new standard that will be the successor to AACR2. RDA is designed for the digital world. It will provide: A flexible framework for describing all resources - analog and digital; Data that is readily adaptable to new and emerging database structures; Data that is compatible with existing records in online library catalogues. FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) provides the conceptual foundation for RDA .