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==Background==

RDA emerged from the International Conference on the Principles & Future Development of AACR held in Toronto in 1997.<ref>{{cite web | title=International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR | url=http://www.rda-jsc.org/intlconf1.html | author=Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA | accessdate=26 June 2014 | yeardate=1 July 2009<!--last update--> }}</ref> It is published jointly by the [[American Library Association]], the   [[Canadian Federation of Library Associations]], and the [[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals]] (CILIP) in the United Kingdom. Maintenance of RDA is the responsibility of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC). As of 2015, RSC is undergoing a transition to an international governance structure, expected to be in place in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rda-rsc.org|title=RDA Steering Committee|last=|first=|date=|website=rda-rsc.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref>

RDA instructions and guidelines are available through RDA Toolkit, an online subscription service, and in a print format.

RDA training materials and texts are available online and in print.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/about/projects-reviews/cilip-british-library-committee-resource-description-access-rda/guide-resource-description-access-rda|title=Guide to Resource Description and Access (RDA)|date=2017-01-04|work=CILIP|access-date=2017-04-30|language=en}}</ref>

==Features==

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==RDA Vocabularies==

RDA Vocabularies is a representation of the RDA entities, elements, relationship designators, and controlled terms in [[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] (Resource Description Framework). The Vocabularies are intended to support [[linked data]] applications using RDA. They are maintained in the Open Metadata Registry,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://metadataregistry.org|title=Open Metadata Registry: supporting metadata interoperability|last=|first=|date=|website=metadataregistry.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> a [[metadata registry]], and released via [[GitHub]] and the RDA Registry.

The human-readable labels, definitions, and other textual annotations in the Vocabularies are known as RDA Reference. The RDA Reference data are used in the production of RDA Toolkit content.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rdaregistry.info/rgAbout/rdaref/dataflow/|title=RDA Registry|last=|first=|date=|website=RDA Registry|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref>

The RDA Vocabularies and RDA Reference are available under an open licence.

== Internationalization ==

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