RDA
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RDA (Resource Description and Access) is a modern international cataloguing standard used by libraries to describe and provide access to information resources in both digital and physical formats.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RDA canonical | 11 |
| RDA Toolkit | 2 |
| RDA Board | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T805446 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RDA Context triple: [Queen's University Library system, usesCataloguingStandard, RDA]
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A.
MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
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B.
BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a linked data model and standard developed by the Library of Congress to replace MARC for describing and sharing bibliographic information on the web.
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C.
RDF
RDF (Resource Description Framework) is a standard model for data interchange on the Web that represents information as subject–predicate–object triples to enable structured, machine-readable metadata and knowledge graphs.
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D.
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.
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E.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RDA Target entity description: RDA (Resource Description and Access) is a modern international cataloguing standard used by libraries to describe and provide access to information resources in both digital and physical formats.
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A.
MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
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B.
BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a linked data model and standard developed by the Library of Congress to replace MARC for describing and sharing bibliographic information on the web.
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C.
RDF
RDF (Resource Description Framework) is a standard model for data interchange on the Web that represents information as subject–predicate–object triples to enable structured, machine-readable metadata and knowledge graphs.
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D.
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.
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E.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic metadata standard
ⓘ
cataloguing standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RDA self-link ⓘ |
| alignedWith | IFLA Library Reference Model ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
archives
ⓘ
information organizations ⓘ libraries ⓘ museums ⓘ |
| basedOn |
FRAD
ⓘ
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ⓘ
surface form:
FRBR
FRSAD ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
BIBFRAME
ⓘ
Dublin Core ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ
surface form:
MARC 21
|
| coversFormat |
audio-visual materials
ⓘ
digital resources ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ physical resources ⓘ print materials ⓘ |
| describes |
corporate bodies
ⓘ
expressions ⓘ families ⓘ items ⓘ manifestations ⓘ persons ⓘ works ⓘ |
| developedBy | Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA ⓘ |
| documentationForm |
print documentation
ⓘ
web-based toolkit ⓘ |
| domain | library and information science ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 2010 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | user tasks ⓘ |
| fullName | Resource Description and Access ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | international ⓘ |
| governedBy | RDA Steering Committee ⓘ |
| hasOnlineVersion |
RDA
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
RDA Toolkit
|
| intendedFor | international use ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition
|
| publishedBy |
American Library Association
ⓘ
Canadian Library Association ⓘ Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals ⓘ |
| replaced | AACR2 ⓘ |
| scope |
access points
ⓘ
descriptive cataloguing ⓘ relationships between entities ⓘ |
| supports |
linked data
ⓘ
semantic web applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
access provision
ⓘ
authority control ⓘ bibliographic control ⓘ resource description ⓘ |
| userTasksModel |
find
ⓘ
identify ⓘ obtain ⓘ select ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RDA Description of subject: RDA (Resource Description and Access) is a modern international cataloguing standard used by libraries to describe and provide access to information resources in both digital and physical formats.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RDA Board
this entity surface form:
RDA Toolkit
this entity surface form:
RDA Toolkit