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Introduction RDA: Resource Description and Access (GO-cursus)
RDA is the acronym for Resource Description and Access, a new standard for the content of metadata used to support the discovery, identification and employment of information resources. The standard is designed for the digital environment and is intended for multinational use.
It is aimed at all end-users who need to find, identify, select, obtain, or use information, and all those who need to manage and organize information resources in a professional capacity. RDA deals only with metadata content, so it is independent of any specific technical storage or communication format.
RDA is still in development. It is approximately half-way through its development schedule, and is due for publication early in 2009.
