Please note that these documents are being made available as a means of providing outreach to both library and non-library resource description communities and assisting the Joint Steering Committee in its work. Under no circumstances should the documents be copied or re-transmitted without prior consultation with the Chair of the Joint Steering Committee. Drafts and proposals are not an official part of RDA until they have received final approval from JSC and have been formally published.

Introduction

This site contains working documents used by the JSC and constituencies in the preparation of RDA from 2005 onwards. JSC documents of an administrative or restricted nature are not included. When documents are regularly revised, only the latest version is made available. See also the Explanation of JSC document numbering.

Translations of RDA Supporting Documentation

JSC encourages the translation of RDA Supporting Documentation by national bibliographic agencies or other interested parties. RDA Supporting Documentation refers to documents produced by JSC to support the development and implementation of RDA. Examples of RDA Supporting Documentation include: 5JSC/Sec/6 [Deferred issues]; 5JSC/Sec/6 [AACR2 Changes]; 5JSC/RDA/Element Analysis.

JSC requests that interested parties notify the JSC Secretary before starting work. The secretary maintains a record of work in progress to avoid duplication of effort and to encourage collaboration between different national communities. On completion, translations should be sent to the JSC Secretary so that they can be posted on the JSC Website.

Translations of RDA Supporting Documentation are not formally evaluated by JSC. The latest English language version of the text should be regarded as authoritative.

Translations of RDA

RDA Supporting Documentation does not include the text of RDA. The RDA text is strictly the copyright of the American Library Association (ALA), the Canadian Library Association (CLA), and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Translations must be licensed by the copyright holders. ALA handles translation licenses on behalf of the copyright holders, and any enquiries should be sent to Publisher, ALA Digital Reference, (Troy Linker).

New JSC Documents

JSC Document Series

• 5JSC/RDA/Part I
• 5JSC/RDA/Part A/Categorization
• 5JSC/RDA/Part A/Chapter 3/Rev
• 5JSC/RDA/Part A/Chapters 6-7
• 5JSC/RDA/Part A/Chapters 6-7/Rev
• 5JSC/RDA/Sections 2-4, 9
• 5JSC/RDA/Full draft

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• 5JSC/RDA/Objectives and Principles
• 5JSC/RDA/Prospectus
• 5JSC/RDA/Scope
• 5JSC/RDA/Element analysis
• 6JSC/RDA/Element analysis table
• 5JSC/RDA/RDA to FRBR mapping
• 5JSC/RDA/RDA to FRAD mapping
• 5JSC/RDA/FRBR to RDA mapping
• 5JSC/RDA/FRAD to RDA mapping
• 6JSC/RDA/Editor's Guide
• 6JSC/RDA/Complete Examples for RDA Toolkit 2010
• 6JSC/RDA/Complete Examples for RDA Toolkit Revised 2012

• 5JSC/Strategic/1 [Strategic plan]

• 5JSC/ACOC/1 [URLs]
• 5JSC/ACOC/2 [Maori & Pacific Island initial articles]
• 5JSC/ACOC rep/1 [Levels]
• 5JSC/ACOC rep/2 [Additions based on MARC 21 elements]
• 6JSC/ACOC/1 [Revision of RDA 9.2.2.5.3, Names Written in a Non-preferred Script]
• 6JSC/ACOC/2 [Revision of RDA 2.7.2.3, , etc., Recording Place of Production, etc.]
• 6JSC/ACOC/3 [Revision of RDA 2.5.2, Designation of Edition. etc.]
• 6JSC/ACOC/4 [MARC to RDA gap analysis]
• 6JSC/ACOC/5 [Compilations in RDA chapter 6, Discussion paper]
• 6JSC/ACOC/6 [Revision of RDA 3.19.7.3, Recording transmission speed]

• 5JSC/ALA/1 [Digital media]
• 5JSC/ALA/2 [Digital media proposals]
• 5JSC/ALA/3 [Specialist cataloguing manuals]
• 5JSC/ALA/4 [AACR2 rule 5.5B1]
• 5JSC/ALA/5 [Comments on RDA Scope and Structure]
• 5JSC/ALA rep/1 [Prototype of rules for description]
• 6JSC/ALA/1 [Revision of RDA 6.29.1.21: Reports of one court]
• 6JSC/ALA/2 [Revision of RDA 11.2.2: Heads of State and Heads of Government]
• 6JSC/ALA/3 [Revision of RDA 9.13, Affiliation]
• 6JSC/ALA/4 [Change to RDA 7.24 and Glossary, Artistic and/or Technical Credit]
• 6JSC/ALA/5 [Revision of RDA 6.21 (Other distinguishing characteristics of a legal work) and 6.29.1.33 (Additions to access points representing treaties, etc.)]
• 6JSC/ALA/6 [Revision of RDA 11.5.1.3 (Recording Associated Institutions) and 9.13.1.3 (Recording Affiliations)]
• 6JSC/ALA/7 [Revision of RDA 2.12.8 and 2.12.16, regarding recording ISSNs]
• 6JSC/ALA/8 [Revision of RDA 6.28.1.9, Additions to access points representing musical works with titles that are not distinctive]
• 6JSC/ALA/9 [Initial Articles in Place Names (RDA 16.2.2.3)]
• 6JSC/ALA/10 [Revision of RDA 2.5.1.4, Recording Edition Statements]
• 6JSC/ALA/11 [Revision of RDA 2.11.1.3 (Recording Copyright Dates)]
• 6JSC/ALA/12 [Revision of RDA 6.15.1.3 (Recording Medium of Performance)]
• 6JSC/ALA/13 [Revision of RDA instructions relating to librettos and lyrics for musical works (RDA 6.2.2.10.2, 6.27.4.2, Appendix I.2.1, and Glossary)]
• 6JSC/ALA/14 [Revision of RDA instructions for arrangements and adaptations of musical works (RDA 6.28.1.5.2 and 6.28.3.2.2)]
• 6JSC/ALA/15 [Hearings in RDA 19.2.1.1.1]
• 6JSC/ALA/16 [Revision of RDA 3.19.3 for video encoding formats and addition of a new element for optical disc characteristics]
• 6JSC/ALA/17 [Machine-Actionable Data Elements in RDA Chapter 3: Discussion Paper]
• 6JSC/ALA/18 [Proposed Revision of RDA Instructions for Government and Non-Government Corporate Bodies]
• 6JSC/ALA/18/Addendum [Proposed Revision of RDA Instructions for Government and Non-Government Corporate Bodies: Examples]
• 6JSC/ALA/19 [Proposed Revision of RDA 16.2.2 (Preferred Name for the Place)]
• 6JSC/ALA/20 [Proposed revision of RDA 2.1.2.2 and 2.1.2.3, Basis for Identification of the Resource]
• 6JSC/ALA/21 [Proposed Revisions of RDA instructions on Sources of Information (RDA 2.2.2.1-2.2.2.4)]
• 6JSC/ALA rep/1 [Revision to: Categorization of content and carrier]
• 6JSC/ALA rep/2 [Missing instruction in RDA 6.30.1.4]
• 6JSC/ALA rep/3 [Review of RDA Vocabularies: Extent terms]
• 6JSC/ALA rep/4 [RDA Vocabularies: Miscellaneous Issues]
• 6JSC/ALA rep/5 [References in the RDA Glossary and the RDA namespace]

• 6JSC/BL/1 [Title of person]
• 6JSC/BL/2 [3.11.4 Layout of tactile text and 3.13 Font Size]
• 6JSC/BL/3 [Terms of rank, honour or office: Revision of RDA 9.4.1 and 9.19.1]
• 6JSC/BL/4 [Other designation associated with the person: Revision of RDA 9.0, 9.6.1 and 9.19.l]
• 6JSC/BL/5 [Fuller forms of name: Revision of RDA 9.19.1.4 Optional addition]
• 6JSC/BL/6 [Other place associated with the person: Revision of RDA 9.11]
• 6JSC/BL/7 [Change to Definition of 9.16.1.1 Profession or Occupation]
• 6JSC/BL/8 [Change to 19.3 and Appendix I. Recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with works of unknown or uncertain origin. ]
• 6JSC/BL/9 [Change to 2.2.4 to remove parallel title proper]

• 5JSC/CCC/1 [7.9.5.5]
• 6JSC/CCC/1 [Proposed revision to Glossary definition of vocal score]
• 6JSC/CCC/2 [Proposed revision to 6.14.2.8, 6.16.1.3, and 6.28.1.11, Compilations of Musical Works]
• 6JSC/CCC/3 [Proposed revision to 6.15.1.4, Instrumental Music Intended for One Performer to a Part]
• 6JSC/CCC/4 [Proposed revision to 6.15.1.7, Groups of Instruments]
• 6JSC/CCC/5 [Proposed revision to 6.15.1.12, Accompaniments for Songs, Lieder, Etc.]
• 6JSC/CCC/6 [Instruction for choosing the preferred title for choreographic works (RDA 6.2.2.4)]
• 6JSC/CCC/7 [Proposed revision to instructions 6.14.2.7.2, "Two or More Parts," 6.14.2.8, "Compilations of Musical Works," and 6.28.2.3, "Two or More Parts"]
• 6JSC/CCC/8 [Proposed revision to instruction 6.28.1.11, "Additions to Access Points Representing Compilations of Musical Works"]
• 6JSC/CCC/9 [Proposed revision to instruction 6.16.1.3, "Recording Numeric Designations of Musical Works"]
• 6JSC/CCC/10 [Proposed revision to Appendix B.1 General Guideline to explicitly include the usage of units of measure expressed as symbols]
• 6JSC/CCC rep/1 [Undifferentiated name indicator]

• 5JSC/CILIP/1 [Abbreviations]
• 5JSC/CILIP/2 [Dimensions of binding]
• 5JSC/CILIP/3 [Accessible formats]
• 5JSC/CILIP/4 [Irish initial articles]
• 5JSC/CILIP/5 [Introductory words]
• 5JSC/CILIP rep/1 [IME ICC 5.2.4]
• 6JSC/CILIP/1 [Chapters 12-16, 23, 33-37, Group 3 entities and "subject"]
• 6JSC/CILIP/2 [Date of signing a treaty (6.29.1.33, 6.29.3.3)]
• 6JSC/CILIP/3 [Field of Activity (9.15) and Profession/Occupation (9.16)]
• 6JSC/CILIP rep/1 [Machine-actionability and interoperability of RDA value vocabularies: a discussion paper]
• 6JSC/CILIP rep/2 [RDF representation of RDA relationship designators: discussion paper]

• 5JSC/LC/1 [AACR3 A0 rules]
• 5JSC/LC/2 [AACR3 area 4]
• 5JSC/LC/3 [Archival and manuscript resources]
• 5JSC/LC/4 [Musical format information]
• 5JSC/LC/5 [Internationalization]
• 5JSC/LC/6 [Family names]
• 5JSC/LC/7 [Breton initial articles]
• 5JSC/LC/8 [Bible Uniform titles]
• 5JSC/LC/9 [Video format characteristics]
• 5JSC/LC/10 [Numbering for serials]
• 5JSC/LC/11 [Designation of Roles in RDA]
• 5JSC/LC/12 [Musical works and expressions]
• 5JSC/LC rep/1 [Self-describing discussion paper]
• 5JSC/LC rep/2 [Selected topics on naming the work]
• 5JSC/LC rep/3 [Changes over time]
• 6JSC/LC/1 [RDA Appendix A]
• 6JSC/LC/2 [Date of manufacture (RDA 2.10.6)]
• 6JSC/LC/3 [Elimination of RDA treatment for 'names not conveying the idea of ...']
• 6JSC/LC/4 [Punctuation guidance for see also references used with relationship designators]
• 6JSC/LC/5 [Clarifying date associated with the person and core requirements]
• 6JSC/LC/6 [Additions to RDA 19.2.1.1.1 (Corporate Bodies considered to be creators)]
• 6JSC/LC/7 [Changes in content characteristics]
• 6JSC/LC/8 [Revision of RDA 6.27.1.2 and RDA 6.27.1.3]
• 6JSC/LC/9 [Revisions to Date Associated with the Person (RDA 9.3, 9.3.2, 9.3.3)]
• 6JSC/LC/10 [Revision to RDA 11.13.1.8 (Number, date, location, of a conference, etc.)]
• 6JSC/LC/11 [Revisions to Date associated with the corporate body (RDA 11.4, 11.4.3, 11.4.4, 0.6.4)]
• 6JSC/LC/12 [Priority order of additions to authorized access points representing a person (9.19.1.1, 9.19.1.5, 9.19.1.6)]
• 6JSC/LC/13 [Adjustment to exception for recording acronym/initialism titles in favor of base instruction (2.3.2.5, exception)]
• 6JSC/LC/14 [Revision to RDA 9.3.1.3 (Recording Dates Associated with Persons), H.1 (B.C. and A.D. Dates), and associated examples to clarify recording date spans]
• 6JSC/LC/15 [Reorganization of instruction on saints in 9.2.2.18]
• 6JSC/LC/16 [Additional exception in 9.19.1.2 (Title or Other Designation Associated with the Person) for titles of religious rank]
• 6JSC/LC/17 [Reorganization of instructions for recording extent (3.4.1.3, 3.4.1.5)]
• 6JSC/LC/18 [Revisions to Change of Name of Jurisdiction or Locality (RDA 11.3.3.4)]
• 6JSC/LC/19 [Additional instructions for preferred sources and preferred titles in different languages or scripts (RDA 2.2.3.1 and 6.2.2.4)]
• 6JSC/LC/20 [Revisions to RDA Chapter 6 to treat "Selections" as a work attribute]
• 6JSC/LC/21 [Clarification of leaves and pages (3.4.5.2 and Glossary)]
• 6JSC/LC/22 [Revisions to Date Associated with the Person (9.3) when recording more than a year alone]
• 6JSC/LC rep/1 [Three corrections for the RDA text]
• 6JSC/LC rep/2 ["Selections" as used in RDA Chapter 6]
• 6JSC/LC rep/3 [Chapters 12-16, 23, 33-37 (Group 3 entities and "subject")]

• 6JSC/EURIG/1 [Addition of examples in RDA 6.12.1.3 and 6.27.3]
• 6JSC/EURIG/2 [Date of expression - Revision of RDA 6.10.1.1 and 6.10.1.3]
• 6JSC/EURIG/3 [Language of expression - Revision of RDA 6.11, 6.11.1.3, 6.11.1.4, 7.12.1.3, 26.1.1.3]
• 6JSC/EURIG/4 [Musical arrangements - Revision of RDA 6.18.1.4 and 6.28.3.2.1]
• 6JSC/EURIG/Discussion/1 [Musical arrangements: discussion paper]
• 6JSC/IAML/1 [Revision of RDA 2.5.2.1, 2.5.2.2 Designation of Edition, addition in Chapter 2 of a core element for Format of Notated Music Statement …]
• 6JSC/ISBD/Discussion/1 [Alignment of the ISBD element set with RDA element set – RDA, Appendix D.1]
• 6JSC/ISBD/Discussion/1/Alignment [Alignment of the ISBD element set with RDA element set – RDA, Appendix D.1]
• 6JSC/ISBD/Discussion/2 [Mapping of ISBD Area 0 vocabularies to RDA/ONIX Framework vocabularies as part of the ISBD/RDA alignment]
• 6JSC/ISBD/Discussion/2/Mapping [Mapping of ISBD Area 0 vocabularies to RDA/ONIX Framework vocabularies as part of the ISBD/RDA alignment]
• 6JSC/ISSN/1 [Revision of RDA 1.6.2.2, and RDA 3.1.6.1 regarding change in media type of serials]
• 6JSC/ISSN/2 [Major title changes for serials in Chinese, Japanese and Korean (RDA 2.3.2.13.1, ISBD A.2.6.1 and ISSN 2.3.1), discussion paper about the "first five words" rule]
• 6JSC/ISSN/3 [Discussion paper: Serials and changes in mode of issuance - is a new description always needed?]

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  Chair, Editor, and Secretary documents

  Chair Document Series

  • 5JSC/Chair/1 [RDA Examples Groups: TOR]
  • 5JSC/Chair/2 [RDA Examples Groups: Membership]
  • 5JSC/Chair/3 [Revising Ch. 21]
  • 5JSC/Chair/4 [RDA Outreach Group: TOR]
  • 5JSC/Chair/5 [Ch. 21 special rules]
  • 5JSC/Chair/6 [GMD/SMD Group: TOR]
  • 5JSC/Chair/7 [GMD/SMD Group: Membership]
  • 5JSC/Chair/8 [RDA Outreach Group: Membership]
  • 5JSC/Chair/9 [RDA Appendices Group]
  • 5JSC/Chair/10 [RDA/ONIX Framework]
  • 5JSC/Chair/11 [RDA Glossary]
  • 5JSC/Chair/12 [RDA and MARC 21]
  • 5JSC/Chair/13 [Proposals from the ISBD Review Group]
  • 5JSC/Chair/14 [Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records]
  • 5JSC/Chair/14/spa [Utilizando RDA con registros bibliográficos y de autoridades]
  • 5JSC/Chair/15 [RDA Core elements and FRBR user tasks]
  • 6JSC/Chair/2 [RDA Examples Group: Terms of reference]
  • 6JSC/Chair/3 [Initial articles]
  • 6JSC/Chair/4 [Mapping ISBD and RDA element sets]
  • 6JSC/Chair/5 [Mapping ISBD Area 0 vocabularies to RDA carrier and content]
  • 6JSC/Chair/6 [RDA Music Joint Working Group: Terms of Reference]

  Editor Document Series

  • 5JSC/Editor/1 [CONSER standard record]
  • 5JSC/Editor/2 [Implementation scenarios]
  • 5JSC/Editor/3 [Encoding RDA data]
  • 5JSC/Editor/4 [RDA, FRBR/FRAD, and Implementation Scenarios]

  Secretary Document Series

  • 5JSC/Sec/3 [Delsey part I report]
  • 5JSC/Sec/4 [Punctuation within elements]
  • 5JSC/Sec/5 [Proposals for JSC working documents - not on Web site]
  • 5JSC/Sec/6 [Issues deferred until after the first release of RDA]
  • 5JSC/Sec/7/Rev [AACR2 changes]
  • 5JSC/Sec/7/Rev/spa [Cambios en las instrucciones de las AACR2]
  • 6JSC/Sec/1 [Issues deferred until after the first release of RDA]
  • 6JSC/Sec/2 [Fast Track entries included in April 2012 release of RDA Toolkit]
  • 6JSC/Sec/3 [Fast Track entries included in June 2012 release of RDA Toolkit]
  • 6JSC/Sec/4 [Fast Track entries included in August 2012 release of RDA Toolkit]
  • 6JSC/Sec/5 [Fast Track entries included in October 2012 release of RDA Toolkit]
  • 6JSC/Sec/6 [RDA element sets, etc. – Other issues ...]
  • 6JSC/Sec/7 [Fast Track entries included in the December 2012 release of RDA Toolkit]
  • 6JSC/Sec/8 [Fast Track entries included in the May 2013 release of the RDA Toolkit]
    

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    Other documents

    Meeting agendas

    Meeting minutes

    Annual reports

    US RDA Test Recommendations Progress Reports

    Policy Document Series

    • 5JSC/Policy/3 [Glossary principles]
    • 5JSC/Policy/4 [Statement of Policy and Procedures]
      
    • 6JSC/Policy/2 [JSC Meetings]
    • 6JSC/Policy/3 [Duty statement for the JSC Secretary]

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    Explanation of JSC document numbering:

    Base JSC document numbers consist of 3 parts:

    [Sequence designation] / [Originator of proposal or Descriptive Title] / [Proposal number or designation]

    For example:

    • 5JSC/LC/7 (The 7th proposal from LC in the 5JSC sequence. The 5JSC numbering sequence will be used until the publication of RDA.)
    • 5JSC/Annual report/2005 (2005 annual report)

    If there are responses or follow-ups, the number is extended:

    [Sequence designation] / [Originator of proposal or Descriptive Title] / [Proposal number or designation] / [Designation of response/follow-up/revision] / [Number of response/follow-up/revision - if required]

    For example:

    • 5JSC/ACOC/1/CILIP response (CILIP response to the first proposal from ACOC in the 5JSC sequence)
    • 5JSC/RDA/Part I/Chair follow-up/6 (6th Chair follow-up to the draft of RDA part I)
    • 5JSC/LC/1/Rev/ALA response (ALA response to the revised version of LC/1)

    The collection of the original proposal and all responses and follow-ups is known as the document series.

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