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Re: [RDA-L] Announcement of RDA publication date

Antony Gordon
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:29:15 -0800

Hi Diane,

Is there a mechanism for typo correction?  I was just casually looking
through the list and found RDA Form of Musical Notation > Tomic sol-fa

'Tomic' should read 'Tonic'

Best wishes,

Antony
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On 4/12/09 14:14, "Diane I. Hillmann" <d...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Folks:
> 
> The vocabulary portions of RDA are essentially complete and available
> at: http://metadataregistry.org/rdabrowse.htm.  Updates to the
> vocabularies from the last JSC meeting in March have been integrated,
> and although we expect to see some minor editorial tweaks prior to the
> formal publication of the guidance text, what you see there is, we
> believe, ready for use and experimentation by those whose interest in
> RDA is in data rather than instruction.
> 
> In addition, we are putting the finishing touches on an article about
> the process of building the RDF vocabularies which will appear in the
> January issue of DLib Magazine, due to be issued on January 15, when
> many of us will be in Boston for ALA Midwinter.  In the meantime, we
> encourage those who want to work with the vocabularies to feel free to
> contact us with questions or issues, either via email or the Registry
> feedback tab.
> 
> Regards,
> Diane Hillmann
> Co-chair, DCMI/RDA Task Group
> 
> Mary Ghikas wrote:
>> 
>> RDA: Resource Description and Access will be published in June 2010.
>> While we regret this delay in release of RDA, the transition from
>> publication of AACR2 as a printed manual to release of RDA as a web
>> based toolkit is a complex process with many interdependencies.
>> 
>> The updated text of RDA incorporates recommendations from
>> constituencies and other stakeholders approved at the JSC meeting
>> earlier this year.  The revised text has been successfully loaded into
>> the RDA database.  The product is currently undergoing thorough
>> quality review and testing in preparation for release.
>> 
>> We recognize that customers and prospective users of RDA need reliable
>> and timely information for planning and budgeting.  We are confident
>> that this revised deadline is a realistic target for publication of RDA.
>> 
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>> Pricing and purchasing information will be introduced at the time of
>> the ALA Midwinter Meeting, 15-18 January 2010.
>> 
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>> 
>> Mary Ghikas,  Chair Committee of Principals
>> Alan Danskin, Chair Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
>> Don Chatham, Chair Co-publishers
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