speaking of teaching RDA, I forward this in case any of you are not on the RDA list - this seems to me to be *major* news! -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:17 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [RDA-L] Astonishing news: RDA goes 2.0 I posted this to my blog, but here's a summary: As a result of a meeting <http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html>at the British Library on April 30 and May 1, it has been announced <http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html> that RDA and Dublin Core communities will work together in the following ways: * develop a formal RDA Element vocabulary (probably following the DC Abstract Model) * develop an application profile of RDA for Dublin Core using FRBR and FRAD * use RDF and SKOS to disclose RDA vocabularies For more, see http://kcoyle.blogspot.com. If you suspect that this is an April Fool's, here's the official announcement: http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html This is truly an amazing development, and I think it begins a new phase in our profession. I have to thank everyone who worked hard to make this happen, and I will "pre-thank" those who will be part of the development phase that takes us into a new world of actionable metadata. -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------