Resource Description and Access

E62644

cataloging standard library metadata content standard

Resource Description and Access is a modern library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing information resources in both digital and physical formats.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cataloging standard ⓘ library metadata content standard ⓘ
abbreviation	RDA ⓘ
appliesTo	digital resources ⓘ physical resources ⓘ
audience	bibliographic agencies ⓘ catalogers ⓘ metadata librarians ⓘ
basedOn	Functional Requirements for Authority Data ⓘ Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ⓘ Functional Requirements for Authority Data ⓘ surface form: Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data International Cataloguing Principles ⓘ
characteristic	designed for digital environment ⓘ format-neutral ⓘ media-neutral ⓘ
compatibleWith	BIBFRAME ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARC 21
developer	Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA ⓘ
documentation	RDA ⓘ surface form: RDA Toolkit
field	library and information science ⓘ
focus	user tasks of finding, identifying, selecting, and obtaining resources ⓘ
goal	to facilitate international sharing of bibliographic records ⓘ to improve consistency of bibliographic and authority data ⓘ to support description of emerging resource types ⓘ
governedBy	RDA ⓘ surface form: RDA Board
hasComponent	instructions for recording attributes of corporate bodies ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of expressions ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of families ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of items ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of manifestations ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of persons ⓘ instructions for recording attributes of works ⓘ instructions for recording relationships between entities ⓘ
maintainedBy	RDA Steering Committee ⓘ
predecessor	Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules ⓘ surface form: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition
purpose	to provide guidelines and instructions for describing information resources ⓘ to support resource discovery and access in library catalogs and metadata systems ⓘ
replaced	many cataloging practices based on AACR2 in libraries adopting RDA ⓘ
scope	access points and relationships ⓘ authority data ⓘ descriptive cataloging ⓘ
shortNameOfPredecessor	AACR2 ⓘ
successorOf	Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules ⓘ
supports	FRBR-based bibliographic models ⓘ authority control ⓘ description of all types of content and media ⓘ linked data applications ⓘ
usesConcept	relationships between resources and agents ⓘ relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Library of Congress authority record → describedByStandard → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules → followedBy → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

RDA → fullName → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules → influenced → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → relatedTo → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

AACR2 → successor → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules → supersededBy → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

LC-PCC Policy Statements → supplements → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Library of Congress catalogers → useSystem → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate → usesStandard → Resource Description and Access ⓘ

Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division → usesStandard → Resource Description and Access ⓘ