RDA and FRBR - Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA

Slide 25New standard:why?• Simplify rules• Encourage use as a content standardfor metadata schema• Encourage international applicability• Provide more consistency• Address current problems• Principle-based• To build cataloger’s judgment• Encourage application of FRBR/FRAD25Why do we even need a new cataloging standard?Briefly stated, we now have an opportunity to simplify our cataloging code and to establish itas a content standard for resource description for various metadata schema, and toencourage its use worldwide.We need a new code that will be more consistent across the various types of content andmedia, and that demonstrates the commonalities of different types of resources.We want to address current problems with rules in AACR2, such as with GMDs (generalmaterial designators) and for cataloging digital materials,and we want to change the approach to cataloging, to get back to more principle-based rulesthat build cataloger’s judgment and are simple to use.We also want a new standard that will encourage the application of the FRBR data model(Functional Requirements for Bibliographic records) and now also FRAD (FunctionalRequirements for Authority Data).