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To: RDABoardand

RDASteeringCommitteeFrom:GordonDunsire,Chair,RSCSubject:Annualreportfor2016ThisistheAnnualReportoftheRDASteeringCommittee(RSC)totheRDABoardforthecalendaryear2016.TheChairoftheRSC,GordonDunsire,preparedthereportwithassistancefromtheRSCandRSCSecretary,JudyKuhagen.

PEOPLEMembershipTheRSCcameintoexistenceattheendoftheJSCmeetingonNovember6,2015,inEdinburgh,Scotland.During2016,RenateBehrens,fromtheDeutscheNationalbibliothek,becametheEuroperegionrepresentativetotheRSCastheformerUnitedKingdomandDeutscheNationalbibliothekcommunitiesweresubsumedintotheEuroperegion.ThischangewasoneofthestepsinthetransitiontothenewgovernancestructureforRDA.InJuly2016,LindaBarnhartwasappointedasRSCSecretary-elect.ShewillsucceedJudyKuhagen,RSCSecretary,whowillconcludeherserviceinApril2017;thisoverlapperiodwillallowforthoroughtrainingandasmoothtransition.DanielParadiswasappointedastheTranslationsTeamLiaisonOfficerontheRSC,effectiveDecember1,2016.ThisappointmentisanotherstepintheexpansionofgovernanceplannedfortheRSC,andisthefirstofthenewspecialistofficerrolestobeactivated.Inthisrole,DanielalsoassumedleadershipoftheRDATranslationsWorkingGroupfromJamesHennelly.TheTranslationsTeamLiaisonOfficerrepresentstheinterestsofRDAtranslatorsandtheTranslationsWorkingGrouponRSC.Attheendoftheyear,RSCrepresentativesfromCanadaandtheUnitedStatesbegantheirplanningformergingthecommunitiesnowrepresentedbytheCanadianCommitteeonCataloguing,theAmericanLibraryAssociation,andtheLibraryofCongressintotheNorthAmericaregion.TheRSCrepresentativefromtheAustralianCommitteeonCataloguingbegandiscussionsforexpandingthatcommunitytoNewZealandandotherareastoformtheOceaniaregion.

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TheRSCandtwoWorkingGroupChairsatFrankfurtmeeting--November2016

Backrow,lefttoright:BillLeonard(CanadianCommitteeonCataloguing),GordonDunsire(RSCChair),KathyGlennan(AmericanLibraryAssociation),SimonBerney-Edwards(Chair,RDABoard),EbeKartus(AustralianCommitteeonCataloguing),DeborahFritz(Chair,RSCAggregatesWorkingGroup),KateJames(RDAExamplesEditor),DaveReser(LibraryofCongress).Frontrow,lefttoright:JudyKuhagen(RSCSecretary),RenateBehrens(Europeregion),LindaBarnhart(RSCSecretary-elect),DamianIseminger(Chair,RSCMusicWorkingGroup).

RSCGroupsOnenewworkinggroup,theRSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroup,wasestablishedin2016.TheRSCAggregatesWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• CatherineAmey(NationalLibraryofNewZealandTePunaMātaurangaoAotearoa)• GretadeGroat(StanfordUniversity,USA)• GordonDunsire(RSC)

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• DeborahFritz(TMQ,USA),Chair• FrancisLapka(YaleCenterforBritishArt,USA)• FrançoiseLeresche(EURIG/BibliothèquenationaledeFrance)• ClémentOury(ISSNInternationalCentre/CIEPS)• MelissaParent(AustralianCatholicUniversity)• Chris(Christine)Todd(NationalLibraryofNewZealandTePunaMātaurangaoAotearoa)• ValerieWeinberg(LibraryofCongress,USA)

TheRSCCapitalizationInstructionsWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• SueAndrews(UniversityofBritishColumbia,Canada)• CarloBianchini(UniversityofPavia,Italy)• AndersCato(EURIG)• AgeoGarcía(TulaneUniversity,USA)• MauroGuerrini(UniversityofFlorence,Italy)• AnitaKrawalski(DeutscheNationalbibliothek,Germany)• PatRiva(ConcordiaUniversity,Canada),Chair• Marja-LiisaSeppälä(NationalLibraryofFinland)• MarjaSmolenaars(NationalLibraryoftheNetherlands)• LarisaWalsh(UniversityofChicagoLibraries,USA)

TheRSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• GordonDunsire(RSC)• MaryAnneDyer(VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,USA)• SandraMacke(MultnomahCountyLibrary,Oregon,USA)• RobertMaxwell(BrighamYoungUniversity,USA)• RichardMoore(BritishLibrary)• GaylePorter(ChicagoStateUniversity,USA)• MarkScharff(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,USA)• AmandaSprochi(UniversityofMissouri,USA),Chair• StephanieZutter(NationalLibraryofLuxemburg)

TheRSCMusicWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• JamesAlberts(LibraryofCongress,USA)• AndersCato(EURIG)• JeanHarden(UniversityofNorthTexas,USA)• MaryHuismann(UniversityofMinnesota,USA)• DamianIseminger(NewEnglandConservatory,USA),Chair• KevinKishimoto(UniversityofChicago,USA)• MorrisLevy(NorthwesternUniversity,USA)• DanielParadis(BibliothèqueetArchivesnationalesduQuébec,Canada)

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• ValerieWeinberg(LibraryofCongress,USA)• SteveYusko(LibraryofCongress,USA)

TheRSCPlacesWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• ChristianAliverti(SwissNationalLibrary)• GordonDunsire(RSC),Chair• JohnHostage(HarvardLawSchoolLibrary,USA)• KateJames(LibraryofCongress,USA)• KevinM.Randall(NorthwesternUniversityLibrary,USA)• EstherScheven(DeutscheNationalbibliothek)

TheRSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• MichaelBeer(BayerischeStaatsbibliothek)• AdelaidaCaroMartín(BibliotecaNacionaldeEspaña)• JaneGillis(BeineckeLibrary,YaleUniversity,USA)• MatthewHaugen(ColumbiaUniversity,USA)• FrancisLapka(YaleCenterforBritishArt,USA),Chair• DeborahJ.Leslie(FolgerShakespeareLibrary,USA)• NinaSchneider(WilliamAndrewsClarkMemorialLibrary,UniversityofCalifornia,Los

Angeles,USA)• PeterSjovist(UppsalaUniversity,Sweden)• AislinnSotelo(UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,USA)• HelenVincent(NationalLibraryofScotland)

TheRSCRDA/ONIXFrameworkWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• JohnAttig(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA)• GrahamBell(Editeur)• AlanDanskin(BritishLibrary),Chair• GordonDunsire(RSC)• AnnieGlerum(OLACVice-President/President-Elect)• EbeKartus(RSC)• FrançoiseLeresche(BibliothèquenationaledeFrance/EURIG)• GeorgePrager(NewYorkUniversity,LawSchoolLibrary,USA)• PatRiva(ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,Canada)• MirnaWiller(ISBDReviewGroup)

TheRSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• GordonDunsire(RSC),Chair

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• RyanHildebrand(UniversityofOregon,USA)• MairaKreislere(NationalLibraryofLatvia)• RobertMaxwell(BrighamYoungUniversity,USA)• KelleyMcGrath(UniversityofOregon,USA)• SilviaLuisaPisano(UniversityofBuenosAires,Brazil)• KevinRandall(NorthwesternUniversity,USA)• ThomasWhittaker(IndianaUniversity,USA)

TheRSCTechnicalWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• JohnAttig(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA)• GordonDunsire(RSC),Chair• DeborahFritz(TMQ,USA)• SarahHartmann(DeutscheNationalbibliothek)• DianeHillmann(MMA,USA)• RicardoSantosMuñoz(BibliotecaNacionaldeEspaña/EURIG)• Marja-LiisaSeppälä(NationalLibraryofFinland/EURIG)

TheRSCTranslationsWorkingGroupmembershipwas:

• CinziaBufalino(forGermantranslation)• ImmaFerranAugé(forCatalantranslation)• MauroGuerrini(forItaliantranslation)• JamesHennelly(ALAPublishing),ChairuntilDecember• DanielParadis(forFrenchtranslation),ChairDecember-• OctavioRojas(forSpanishtranslation)• Marja-LiisaSeppälä(forFinnishtranslation)

• GordonDunsire(RSCChair,exofficio)• KateJames(RDAExamplesEditor,exofficio)• JudyKuhagen(RSCSecretary,exofficio)

Duringthemeeting,theRSCreviewedunfinishedtasksandassignednewtaskstotheseworkinggroups.TheRSCwillestablishaworkinggrouponarchivesearlyin2017.CollaborationwithOtherGroupsThefollowingpeopleareliaisonstothesegroups:

• AlanDanskintoONIX• GordonDunsiretotheIFLAFRBRReviewGroup,theISSNInternationalCentre,theIFLA

PermanentUNIMARCCommittee,theLibraryofCongressNetworkDevelopmentandMARCStandardsOffice,andtheIFLAPRESSooReviewGroup

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• RenateBehrenstotheIFLAISBDReviewGroupProtocolsexistbetweentheRSCandthegroupslistedbelow.ProtocolsarebeingestablishedwiththeIFLAPRESSooReviewGroupandtheIFLAPermanentUNIMARCCommittee.

• IFLAFRBRReviewGroup• IFLAISBDReviewGroup• ISSNInternationalCentre• LibraryofCongressNetworkDevelopmentandMARCStandardsOffice

TheRSCwillcontinuetoseekcollaborationwithsimilargroupsresponsibleforthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofbibliographicandotherstandardsrelatedtoRDA.TheRSCChairwasaliaisontotheRDABoard.

TheRSCChair,RSCSecretary,andRSCSecretary-ElectwereliaisonstotheRDADevelopmentTeam,managedbyALAPublishingonbehalfoftheCo-Publishers.CertificatesofAppreciationTheRSCapprovedcertificatesofappreciationtothefollowingindividuals:

• RenateBehrens–forhereffortsinhostingthe2016FrankfurtRSCmeeting• CinziaBufalino–forhereffortsinhostingthe2016FrankfurtRSCmeeting• EdithRöschlau–forhereffortsinhostingthe2016FrankfurtRSCmeeting• JudithKuhagen–forherserviceasJSC/RSCSecretarysince2012

PROCESSANDCOMMUNICATIONRDA-L,theRSCwebsite,andGoogleDriveActivityonRDA-L,anelectronicforumfordiscussionofRDA,asofDecember1,2016:

• 2981subscribers(3185subscribersinDecember2015)• 1450messagespostedfromJanuary-November2015(1835forthesameperiodin2015)

Over30countriesarerepresentedbyRDA-Lsubscribers.TheRSC,assistedbyJamesHennelly,usedGoogleDrivethroughouttheyear.ThattoolenabledtheRSCtotrackprogressonvariousactivities(e.g.,discussingandagreeingto“FastTrack”changes,sharinginformationonproposalstheyintendedtoprepare,registeringagreementforrevisedproposals).

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MeetingThefirstRSCannualmeetingwasheldinFrankfurtamMain,Germanyfrom7-11November2016attheDeutscheNationalbibliothek.SimonBerney-Edwards,ChairoftheRDABoard,attendedthefirsttwodaysofthemeeting.Dr.ElisabethNiggemann,DirectorGeneralofDNB,welcomedRSCtothelibrary. 23observersfrom11countries(Canada,Croatia,CzechRepublic,Finland,France,Germany,Iceland,Italy,Portugal,Slovenia,andUnitedStates)attendedpublicsessionsofthemeeting.TheChairoftheRSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroupandtheChairoftheIFLAFRBRConsolidationEditorialGroupparticipated“virtually”insomeofthediscussionsduringthemeeting.TheRSCdiscussedtheproposalsanddiscussionpaperssubmittedbyRSCcommunitiesandRSCworkinggroups.TheRSCagreedtoadoptthedraftIFLALibraryReferenceModel(LRM)withthegoalofdevelopingtheRDAtextbytheApril2018releaseofarestructuredRDAToolkit.AlthoughtheLRMwillnotbefinallyapprovedandpublishedbyIFLAuntil2017,theRSCdecidedtoproceedbecauseitwasawarethroughitsprotocolwiththeIFLAFRBRReviewGroupthattheissuesstillunderdiscussionareminor.AnimportantpartoftheRSCmeetingwasafocusondiscussionswithliaisonsfromotherstandardsgroupsandpossiblecollaborationamongthegroupsthatareconsideringtheimpactoftheLRM.Thepeoplelistedbelowrepresentedthestandardsgroupsandreportedontheactivitiesoftheirgroups.Severalmeetingobserverswerealsomembersofthesegroups.

• MariaInêsCordeiro,Chair,IFLAUNIMARCStrategicProgramme• BarboraDrobíková,memberoftheIFLAFRBRReviewGroup• GordonDunsire,member,IFLAPRESSooReviewGroup• MassimoGentili-Tedeschi,Chair,IFLAISBDReviewGroup• PatRiva,Chair,FRBRConsolidationEditorialGroup(attendingvirtually)• ChristianSchütz,forISSNInternationalCentre

AnoutcomeofthisdiscussionwastheRSCdecisiontosupportthedevelopmentofIFLAinfrastructurethatisneededtosupportlinkeddatarepresentationsoftheLRMelementsetandotherIFLAstandards,andalignmentsandmappingsbetweenallstandardsrelatedtoRDA.AmessagenotingthatsupportwassentbytheRSCChairtoappropriateIFLAofficialsinearlyDecember.

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TwoarticlesweresubmittedtotheDecember2016issueoftheIFLAMetadataNewsletter,onebyJamieHennellyontheprogressofRDAasaglobalstandardandonebytheRSCSecretaryandSecretary-ElectonhighlightsfromtheFrankfurtmeetingincludingtheintentiontoadopttheLRM.TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekandRDAEuroperegionheldaseminar,priortotheRSCmeeting,on“SubjectCataloguing:Quovadis?”thatwasattendedby81delegatesfromninecountries.TheconferencewaspreparedbytheGerman,theSwissandtheAustriannationallibraries.Thepresentationsareavailableathttp://www.dnb.de/DE/Standardisierung/International/rscSatelliteMeetingProgramm.html.

RDACONTENTRDAInstructionsChangesfrom19successfulproposalsdocuments(approvedduringandaftertheNovember2015meeting)wereaddedtoRDAToolkitintheApril2016Update.ThechangesweredocumentedbytheRSCSecretaryin“Secfinal”versionsofthoseproposalspostedonthewebsite.August1wasthedeadlineforproposals,discussionpapers,andadvisorypapersfortheNovember2016meeting.October3wasthedeadlineforconstituencyresponsestothoseproposalsandpapers.Twenty-threedocumentsweresubmittedfortheNovember2016meeting:

• ALA:threeproposals• ALA-CCC:onejointdiscussionpaper• Europe:threeproposals• LC:twoproposals

• RSCAggregatesWorkingGroup:oneadvisorypaper• RSCMusicWorkingGroup:fourproposals• RSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroup:sixproposals• RSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup:oneadvisorypaper• RSCTechnicalWorkingGroup:twoadvisorypapers

ChangestoRDAresultingfromproposalsapprovedbytheRSCduringthe2016meetingandsubsequentemailexchangeswillappearintheApril2017updateofRDAToolkit.Thetextofapprovedproposalswillbeissuedasdocumentslabeledas“Secfinal”versionsandpostedontheRSCwebsiteduringMarch2017.AtablelistingtheRSCdecisions/actionsforallproposalsandpaperswillalsobepostedonthewebsite.SomeofthemajordecisionstakenaresummarizedintheOutcomesoftheNovember2016RSCmeeting.The“FastTrack”processwasusedbytheRSCtomakestraightforwardchangestoimprovetextinRDAduringtheyear.TheRSCSecretarydocumentedtheseminorrevisionsin“Sec”documentsthat

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arepostedonthewebsite.Corrections,revisionsofexamples,andchangesinwordingforeditorialconsistencywerealsomadebutgenerallywerenotincludedinthe“Sec”documentseries.Several“FastTrackPlus”papersfortheRSCfromtheRSCChairandRSCSecretaryexplainedbroadercategoriesofchangesrelatedtothesynchronizationofcontentintheOpenMetadataRegistry(OMR)withRDAToolkitforrevisionsofdefinitionsforelements,forrelationshipdesignators,andfortermsinvaluevocabularies.Somevaluevocabulariesweremergedordeprecated.TherewerefourreleasesofRDAToolkitin2016:February,April,August,andOctober.TheAprilreleaseincludedthechangesfromthesuccessful2015proposals.Allthereleasesincludedcorrectionsandminorrevisionsofinstructionsandexamples;newrelationshipdesignators;newandreviseddefinitions;andrevisionsofwordingforeditorialconsistency.ThesynchronizationofcontentfromtheOMRsuppliedinRDAToolkitbeganwithjusttheglossaryfortheAugustreleaseandexpandedtoscopeinstructionsandappendicesI-KfortheOctoberrelease.

RDAReferenceVersion2.4.2oftheRDAVocabularieswasreleasedinMarch2016.ThisversionsynchronizedtheRDAelementsetvocabularieswiththeFebruary2016releaseofRDAToolkit.ItcompletedtheassignmentofRDAToolkitGlossarylabelsanddefinitionsfortheRDAelements.AdditionstotheFrenchtranslationofelementsetsandvaluevocabularies,andapartialChinesetranslationofthevaluevocabularieswereincluded.Version2.4.3wasreleasedinApril2016toreflectchangesintheApril2016releaseofRDAToolkit.TheversionincludedSpanishtranslationsoftheelementsetsandvaluevocabularies.Version2.5.0wasreleasedinJuly2016toreflectchangesintheAugust2016releaseofRDAToolkit.ThechangesincludedthegeneralconsolidationoftheRDAelementsetsandvocabularyencodingschemestobenefitfromtheinfrastructuredevelopedforRDAReferencedatamaintenance;detailsofthedevelopmentwerepublishedasRSC/Chair/17(RDAToolkitGlossaryandRDAReference),availableathttp://www.rda-rsc.org/sites/all/files/RSC-Chair-17-fix.pdf.Version2.5.0includednewvaluevocabularies,andcompletedthepublicationofvaluevocabulariesinitiatedattheDataModelMeetingattheBritishLibrary,London,UKin2007.ThisversionalsoincludedtheadditionofaclassandseparateelementsetfortheentityPlace.AminorVersion2.5.1completedpreparationsfortheextractionoftheAugust2016RDAToolkitGlossarydatafromtheRDAVocabularies.Version2.5.2wasreleasedinSeptember2016toaccommodatechangesintheOctober2016releaseofRDAToolkit.ThereleaseincludedpartialtranslationsofelementsetsandvaluevocabulariesinDutch,Finnish,Hebrew,andItalian.

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Version2.6.0wasreleasedinDecember2016todevelopRDARegistrysupportfortheadoptionoftheIFLALibraryReferenceModeland"4-foldpath"forrelationshipdataduringthe3RProject.ThereleaseaddedclassesandseparateelementsetsfortheentitiesCollectiveAgent,Nomen,Time-span,andRDAEntity,andaddedpropertiesforamatrixofhigh-levelassociativerelationshipsbetweenalloftheRDAentities.ThereleaseincludedpartialtranslationsofelementsetsandvaluevocabulariesinSwedish.Thenumberandtypesofelementpublishedbytheendof2016are:366Agentcanonicalproperties289Expressioncanonicalproperties71Itemcanonicalproperties247Manifestationcanonicalproperties14Nomencanonicalproperties17Placecanonicalproperties14RDAEntitycanonicalproperties14Time-spancanonicalproperties322Workcanonicalproperties824Unconstrainedproperties6Meta-elementproperties33RDA/ONIXFrameworkelements13ClassesThereare38valuevocabulariespublishedbytheendof2016.TheRDADevelopmentTeamcontinuedtodeveloptheRDARegistrywebsite,addingfacilitiesforthedisplayoftranslationsofRDAReferencedata,anddocumentationfortranslatorsanddevelopers.27issuesraisedintheGitHubRDA-Vocabulariesprojectwereclosed;30remainopen.

RDATOOLKIT3RPROJECTJamesHennelly(ALAPublishing),onbehalfoftheRDABoardandCo-Publishers,beganworkingonthe3RProject–toreview,restructure,andredesignRDAToolkit–earlierin2016.Inadditiontoprovidinggreaterflexibilityinthedisplayofinstructions,improvedfunctionalityforeditorsandtranslators,andbettertrackingofrevisionhistory,the3RProjectwillalsobringthesiteintocompliancewithcurrentaccessibilitystandards.TheRSCdiscussedtherestructuringoftheRDAcontentitselfduringtheFrankfurtmeeting.TheRSCestablishedgeneralprinciplesforthiswork:togeneralizeexistinginstructionswherepossible,toclarifythetranscriptionandrecordingofdatainthecontextofthe4-foldpath(unstructureddescription,structureddescriptionwhichincludesauthorizedaccesspoints,identifiers,andlinked

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dataURIs),andtoexpandRDA’sscopetoculturalheritagecommunities.AlthoughcurrentinstructionsmayberelocatedwithintheRDAcontent,anydevelopmentofthoseinstructionswillhaveminimalimpactoncurrentpractice.AmappingwillbeprovidedfromthecurrentRDAinstructionstotherelocatedRDAinstructions.

OUTREACHRSCWorkwithExternalCommunitiesDetailsofRSCworkwithexternalcommunitiesaregivenintheliaisonreportsintheAppendicestothisreport.Jane-athonsin2016AJane-athonhasbecomeagenerictermforahackathonforcreatingRDAlinkeddata.(ThefirstJane-athon,inJanuary2015,usedresourcesbyandaboutJaneAustentocreaterecords.)TheattendeesuseRIMMF(RDAinManyMetadataFormats)tocreateRDA/FRBRentityrecordsfromimportedMARC21recordsorasborn-RDA,andlinkthemusingRDAdesignators.RIMMFisaneditorfordatathatconformstoRDAToolkitandtheRDARegistry.SeveralJane-athonswereheldaroundtheworldin2016,eachbasedonspecificindividualsortopics:

• Thing-athon–7January2016atHarvardUniversity,Boston,Massachusetts,USA• Lenny-a-thon–5March2016asaworkshopattheMusicLibraryAssociation2016annual

meetinginCincinnati,Ohio,USA• Cervathon–14April2016attheNationalLibraryofSpain,Madrid• Verne-athon–4May2016atBibliothèquenationaledeFrance,Paris• Selmathon1–9May2016atTheNationalLibraryofSweden/Kungl.biblioteket,Stockholm

forNationalLibrarystaff• Selmathon2–10May2016atTheNationalLibraryofSweden/Kungl.biblioteket,

StockholmforSwedishcataloguers• Rigathon–24May2016attheNationalLibraryofLatvia,Riga• Lang-athon:amulti-lingualJane-athon–23June2016atRosenCollegeofHospitality

Management,Orlando,Florida,USA• Hugo-athon–16July2016asaworkshopatthe2016AALLAnnualMeetingandConference

inChicago,Illinois,USA• Mult-a-thon–29September2016aspartofaseminaronstandardisationatKoninklijke

Bibliotheek,TheHague,TheNetherlands,organizedbytheDutchRDAcommittee• Kiviathon1–17November2016attheNationalLibraryofFinland,Helsinki,forNational

Librarystaff

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• Kiviathon2–18November2016attheNationalLibraryofFinland,Helsinki,forFinnishcataloguers

Atotalofapproximately350peopleparticipatedinthese11Jane-athons. FurtherinformationabouttheJane-athons,andfreedownloadsofRIMMFandRDFdatatousewithRIMMF,areavailableattheR-ballswebsite(http://rballs.info/). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Appendices: --reportoftheRSCChair --reportoftheRSCSecretary --reportoftheRDAExamplesEditor --reportoftheRSCAggregatesWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCCapitalizationInstructionsWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCMusicWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCPlacesWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCRDA/ONIXFrameworkWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCTechnicalWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCTranslationsWorkingGroup --reportoftheRSCliaisontotheIFLAFRBRReviewGroup --reportoftheRSCliaisontotheIFLAISBDReviewGroup --reportoftheRSCliaisontotheISSNInternationalCentre --reportoftheRSCliaisontoONIX

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2016reportoftheRSCChair

ThisreportcoverstheperiodNovember2015-October2016.

Outreachandliaisonactivities

TheRSCChairmadepresentationsonRDAandrelatedtopicstothefollowingconferencesandmeetings:

• 24Nov2015:CILIPLinkedDataExecutiveBriefing,London,England.Presentationon“RDAforlinkeddata”.

• 8-12Jan2016:AmericanLibraryAssociationMidwinterconference2016,Boston,Mass,USA.Presentationon“BeyondThing-athon:RDAinthefield”toThing-athon(alocaljane-athon).Presentationon“RDAprogressongovernanceandstrategy”toRDAForum.Presentationon“RDAdatacaptureandstorage”toCC:DA.

• 14Apr2016:Cervathon,BibliotecaNacionaldeEspaña,Madrid(alocaljane-athon).Presentationon“RSCstrategyandRDAinternationalization”.

• 15Apr2016:UnacitaenlaBNE:RDAydatosenlazados,BibliotecaNacionaldeEspaña,Madrid.Presentationon“RDAandlinkeddata”.

• 19Apr2016:22ndAnnualConferenceandExhibitionoftheSpecialLibrariesAssociation/ArabianGulfChapter,Kuwait.Presentationon“RDAinanon-MARCenvironment”.

• 27Apr2016:Code4LibOttawameeting,MacOdrumLibrary,CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Canada.Presentationon“RDAandlinkeddata”.

• 28Apr2016:ThematicSeminaronResourceDescriptionandAccess,LibraryandArchivesCanada,Ottawa.Presentationon“RDAandsemanticdata”.

• 2May2016:RDAseminarforstaff,BibliothèquenationaldeFrance,Paris.Presentationon“MarathonRDA”.

• 9May2016:Selmathon1,RoyalLibrary,Stockholm,Sweden(alocaljane-athon).Presentationon“RDAandlinkeddata”.

• 10May2016:Selmathon2,RoyalLibrary,Stockholm,Sweden(alocaljane-athon).Presentationon“RSCstrategyandRDAinternationalization”.

• 23May2016:EURIGseminar,NationalLibraryofLatvia,Riga.Presentationon"IFLAFRBR-LibraryReferenceModelandRDA".

• 27May2016:Seminar,CasaliniLibri,Fiesole,Italy,Presentationon"RSCstrategy".• 23-28Jun2016:AmericanLibraryAssociationAnnualconference2016,Orlando,Florida,USA.

Apresentationon"RDA:internationallinkeddataforculturalheritageresources"toALCTSsession"Linkeddata-globallyconnectinglibraries,archives,andmuseums".Presentationon"WhatdoesRDAlinkeddatalooklikeandhowdoesitbenefitusers?"toRDAForum.

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Presentationon"RDAinternationalizationandapplicationprofiles:applyingtheglobaltothelocal"toCC:DA.

• 11Aug2016:IFLASatellitemeeting"RDAinthewiderworld",Dublin,Ohio,USA.Presentationon"RDAworkplan:currentandfutureactivities".

• 15Aug2016:WorldLibraryandInformationCongress:82ndIFLAGeneralConferenceAndAssembly,Columbus,Ohio,USA.Presentationon"Instructions,interfaces,andinteroperabledata:theRIMMFexperiencewithRDA"tothejointCataloguingSectionandInformationTechnologysession.

• 1Sep2016:CIGConference2016,Swansea,Wales.Presentationon"FuturedirectionsforRDA".

• 12Sep2016:CIGSseminarMetadataandLinkedData:projects,experimentsandservicesinlibraries,Edinburgh,Scotland.Presentationon"RDAdata,linkeddata,andbenefitsforusers".

• 29Sep2016:FobidStudiedag"Standaardisatie:keurslijfofkans?",RoyalLibrary,DenHaag,TheNetherlands.Presentationon"RDA,linkeddata,anddevelopment",andpresentationintroducingtheMulta-thon(alocaljane-athon).

• 14Oct2016:SeminaronRDAstandard–benefitsandproblemsrelatedtoitsimplementation,Warsaw,Poland.Presentationon“WhereisRDAinthebibliographicuniverse?”.

Linkstopresentationsareavailableathttp://www.gordondunsire.com/presentations.htm

TheRSCChairparticipatedinlocaljane-athonsheldin:

• Boston,USA(Thing-athon)• Madrid,Spain(Cervathon)• Stockholm,Sweden(Selmathon1and2)• Riga,Latvia(Rigathon)• Orlando,USA(Lang-athon)• TheHague,TheNetherlands(Mult-a-thon)

TheRSCChair,ALArepresentative,andALAPublishingrepresentativeparticipatedinanAmericanLibrariesLivewebinarinFebruary2016(http://americanlibrarieslive.org/blog/archive-rda).

TheRSCChairattendedthefollowingmeetings:

• 9Jan2016:AdhocmeetingofRSCAggregatesWorkingGroup,Boston,USA.• 11Jan2016:RDATechnicalForum,ALAMidwinter2016,Boston,USA.• 15Apr2016:MeetingwithBNEdevelopmentstaff,Madrid,Spain.• 20Apr2016:MeetingwithArabictranslators,Kuwait.

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• 25-27Apr2016:RDABoard,Ottawa,Canada.• 3May2016:MeetingwithBnFdevelopmentstaff,Paris,France.• 23May2016:AdhocmeetingofRSCAggregatesWorkingGroup,Riga,Latvia• 23May2016:AdhocmeetingofRSCTechnicalWorkingGroup,Riga,Latvia• 26May2016:MeetingwithCasaliniLibridevelopmentstaffandassociates,Fiesole,Italy.• 27Jun2016:RDATechnicalForum,ALAAnnual2016,Orlando,USA.• 13-18Aug2016:MeetingsoftheCataloguingSection,FRBRReviewGroup,ISBDReview

Group,LIDATEC,LinkedDataSIG,andPermanentUNIMARCCommittee,IFLA2016,Columbus,Ohio,USA.

• 19Aug2016:FRBRReviewGroupmeetingonFRBR-LRM,Columbus,USA.• 7Sep2016:CILIP/BLCommitteeonRDA,London,England

TheRSCChairalsoparticipatedinonlinemeetingsof:

• RDABoard• PCCTaskGrouponURIinMARC

TheRSCChairauthoredthefollowingpublicationsrelatedtoRDA:

• TowardsaninternationalizationofRDAmanagementanddevelopment.In:JLIS.itJournalofLibraryandInformationScience.Italy,vol.7,no.2,(2016),pp.307-330.

• Instructions,interfaces,andinteroperabledata:theRIMMFexperiencewithRDA.Co-authoredwithDeborahFritzandRichardFritz.IFLALibrary.

Linkstopublicationsareavailableathttp://www.gordondunsire.com/publicationsrecent.htm

Administrationanddevelopmentactivities

TheRSCChairparticipatedinonlinemeetingsof:

• RDADevelopmentTeam• RDATranslationsWorkingGroup• CILIPVLEstaff• RSCSecretaryrecruitmentteam

TheRSCChairliaisedwithALADigitalReferenceandtheRDADevelopmentTeaminthedevelopmentoftheRDAcontentmanagementinfrastructurefortheAugust2016releaseofRDAToolkit,followingtheRDABoardmeeting.TheRSCChairoversawtheconsolidationandpublicationofthemasterRDAReferencevocabulariesusingFastTrackprocessesforproposalsdevelopedwiththeRSCSecretary.TheRSCChairandRSCSecretarycarriedouttestingoftheRDAReferencemaintenanceprocesseswithlivechangestodata.

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TheRSCChairliaisedwithALADigitalReference,theRDADevelopmentTeam,andtheRSCTranslationsWorkingGroupondevelopingtheinfrastructureformaintainingtranslationsofRDAReference.TheRSCChairactsastheprimarycontactfortranslationsofRDAReferenceintheOMRduringthetransitiontothenewstructureoftheRSC.

TheRSCChairchairedtheworkinggroups:

• RSCPlacesWorkingGroup• RSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup• RSCTechnicalWorkingGroup

TheRSCChairisparticipatinginthedevelopmentofalinkeddataversionoftheIAML/UNIMARCMediumofperformancevocabulary.

Submittedby:GordonDunsire,Chair,RSCDate:20October2016

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2016reportoftheRSCSecretaryandSecretary-elect*AftertheNovember2015meeting:

• monitored/managedthecommentsontherevisedproposalsand20Secfinaldraftsofapprovedproposals(someSecfinaldraftsinrevisedversions)

• postedSecfinaldocumentsonRSCwebsite• updatedtheActionsdocumentonGoogleDriveandsentreminderstoRSCaboutdeadlines• preparedpublicandrestrictedversionsofmeetingminutes• preparedcertificatesofappreciationforChair’ssignature• helpedChairpreparedraftsofmeetingoutcomesandannualreport• workedwithChairtorenameandreviseasneededtheChairandPolicydocumentsdueto

newnamesoftheBoardandtheCommitteeandotherchangesToupdatetheRDAcontentviaFebruary,April,August,andOctoberreleasesofRDAToolkit:

• coordinatedtheFastTracklogprocess• collectedcorrectionsfromRSC,translators,andToolkitusers• receivedexamplerevisionsfromtheRDAExamplesEditor• identifiedchangesneededforeditorialconsistency• madechangesto327instructions/examplesresultingfromapprovedFastTrackandFast

TrackPlusentries,corrections,examplerevisions(notincludinginstructionsrevisedforeditorialconsistency);beginningwithAugustrelease,correctionsandexamplerevisionsarenotincludedintheSecseriesofFastTrackdocumentation

• fortheAprilrelease,preparedthechangesfromthe20Secfinalversionsofapprovedproposals

• withRSCvolunteers,proofreadchangesonstagesiteandinpdfsfromthatsite• updatedtheelementanalysistableaftertheAprilandAugustreleasesofRDAToolkit• participatedintestofVLEsoftwareforpotentialFastTrackprocessimprovement• testedtheupdatingofOMRcontentfortheAprilreleasebymodifyingcsvtemplates

downloadedfrommetadataregistry.org• withChair,carriedoutanalysisandeditingofOMRcontentforelementsetsandvalue

vocabulariesresultinginaddition,deprecation,orrevisionofnearly900entries• withChairandJamieHennelly,plannedinclusionofGlossarydefinitions/scopenotesin

GlossaryforAugustreleaseandalsoinscope/terminologyinstructionsandappendicesI-KforOctoberrelease

• assistedChairwithpreparationofFastTrackPlusproposalsfortheAugustreleaseanddocumentedchangesinRSC/Sec/4

• preparedaudittrailspreadsheetsforAugustandOctoberreleasestodocumentelementandvocabularychangesintheOMR(Sec-elect)

Tocommunicatewithcataloguingcommunities:

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• posteddocuments(proposals,discussionpapers,responsestodocuments,policydocuments,ChairandSecdocuments)onRSCwebsite

• postedannouncementsonRSCwebsite• sentemailsaboutdocumentsandannouncementstoaspecificgroupofRDAcolleaguesand

RSC,toRDA-L,CATSMAIL(listofIFLACataloguingSection),EURIG’slist,listofProgramforCooperativeCataloging,andtootherlistsasappropriate(e.g.,BIBFRAME)

• submittedarticle“RDAcontentinmultiplelanguages”toItalianJournalofLibrary,Archives,andInformationScience

AsmemberoftheTranslationsWorkingGroup:

• monitoredemailcommunicationswiththeWorkingGroupandadvisedoneditingissuesAsmemberoftheRDADevelopmentTeam:

• participatedinGo-To-MeetingsessionsaboutRDAReference,hack-athons,andotherdevelopmentissues

• attendedmeetingoftheteamduringtheALAMidwinterMeeting• reviewedspreadsheetsandotherdocumentsformetadataregistry.organdrdaregistry.info• assistedwithregistrationandotherarrangementsondayofhack-athonprecedingtheALA

MidwinterMeeting;attendedtheSelma-thoninStockholminMay• participatedindiscussionsaboutToolkitrestructure/redesignprocessandtimetable• reviewedIMLSgrantproposalforfurtherRIMMFdevelopment

Assistedinplanningfor2016meeting:

• initiatedarrangementsforhotelandtravelwithALAPublishingstaffmember• plannedmeetinglogisticsincollaborationwithlocalhostsandwithRSC• postedannouncementsaboutmeetingandobserversonRSCwebsite• developedagendawithChairandSec-elect• sentinformationaboutmeetingtoobservers• preparedlistingofinstructionscitedinproposals,discussionpapers,andresponses(Sec-

elect)• assistedChairwithpreparationofvariousbriefingpapersandproposals

InvolvedintransitiontosuccessorfortheRSCSecretaryposition:

• participatedinrecruitmentprocess(positiondescription,reviewofapplications,interview)• developedtrainingmaterials,procedures,calendarofactivities,etc.,forSec-elect• forSec-elect,reviewedassignedtasks,sharedinformation,andansweredquestionsondaily

basis• withSec-elect,heldtwotrainingGo-To-Meetingsessionsand,withJamieHennelly,anin-

persontwo-daymeetinginChicago

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Contributedtoplanningfortransitiontonewgovernance:

• reviewedandposteddocumentsaboutBoardandRSCrecruitments• prepareddraftsurveyforRDABoardtoassessRDAuptake/planningatnationallibraries

(Sec-elect)Submittedby:JudithKuhagen,Secretary,RSCDate:15October2016*LindaBarnhart(Sec-elect)appointedinlateJuly;shehasparticipatedinmanyofthetaskssincethattime;inclusionof“(Sec-elect)”atendofataskindicatesshehadsoleresponsibility

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2016ReportoftheRDAExamplesEditor

ExamplesforApprovedProposals

TheRDAExamplesEditorprovidedexamplesforapprovedproposals.Manyindividualshelpedherwithlanguagesandspecialtypesofworks.Inparticular,DamianIseminger,chairoftheRSCMusicWorkingGroup,andKathyGlennan,ALARepresentative,providedmuchbackgroundinformationandfeedbackformusicexamples.

ExamplesforToolkitReleases

Forthe2016Toolkitreleases,exampleadditions,deletions,andcorrections(excludingthosefromproposals)weremadeinthefollowingchapters:2-3,5-9,11,17,19-20,24,anAppendixE.InadditiontothosechangesinitiatedbytheExamplesEditor,changeswerepromptedbyRSCmembers,emailsfromtheRDAToolkitFeedbackfeature,RDAtranslators,andcatalogersusingRDA.Thelong-termprojecttoreviseexamplestofollowthebasicinstructionsaboutincludinginitialarticlesintitlesofworkswascompletedwiththeApril2016Toolkitrelease.BeginningwiththeAugust2016Toolkitrelease,examplerevisionsarenolongerroutinelyincludedintheRSC/SecdocumentsthatlistFastTrackentriesandotherrevisions.

ToolkitWebsiteExamples

BoththeauthorityandthebibliographiccompleteexampleswereupdatedinApril2016.MARCformatandRDAchangeswereincorporated.AnewtypeofexamplewasaddedtotheToolkitwebsiteinApril.TheseexamplesarediagramsshowingRDAentities,elements,andrelationships.Thefirsttwoexamplesinthisnewformatshowed1)primaryrelationshipsforthenovelHarryPotterandtheOrderofthePhoenixand2)apersonthathasanalternateidentity.InOctobertwomoreexamplesshowingworkrelationshipswereadded:1)anexampleshowingadaptationsrelatedtothemusicalCabaretand2)anexampleshowingwhole-partrelationships.

Submittedby:KateJames,RDAExamplesEditor

Date:14October2016

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To:GordonDunsire,RSCChair

From:DeborahFritz,Chair,RSCAggregatesWorkingGroup

Subject:RSCAggregatesWorkingGroup2016ReporttotheRSC

ThecurrentMembershipandTasksoftheRSCAggregatesWorkingGrouparepublishedasRSC/Chair/9/2016.ThecurrentTermsofReferencefortheGrouparepublishedasRSC/Chair/9.Asperthelatterdocument,“Thegroupischargedto:AssisttheRSCindevelopingRDAforapplicationtoaggregatedresources.”

TheGroupliaisedonrelatedtaskswith:PatRiva,co-authorofthe2016-02-21draftofthe“FRBR-LibraryReferenceModel”;theChairoftheRSCTechnicalWorkingGroup;theRDADevelopmentTeam.

SubmissiontoRSC

TheGroupsubmittedonediscussionpaperfortheRSCmeetinginNovember2016:

• RSC/Aggregates/WG/1(Discussionpaper:RDAandWGAtreatmentofaggregates)

Statusoftasks

1.InvestigatetheissuesfordevelopingRDAinstructionsandelementsforaggregateresources,buildingon6JSC/AggregatesWG/1,andprepareaproposals/discussionpaperbyAug.1,2016.

Status:RSC/Aggregates/WG/1discussionpapersubmitted.Preliminarydiscussionsweresolidifiedduringanintenseweekof9brainstormingsessions(1-2hrseach)heldtwiceaday(toaccommodatemembersfromEuropeandOceania).PatRivaattended5ofthesesessions,andcontributedgreatlytoourthinking,andthegroupverymuchappreciatesherinput.

1.1.ReviewRDAcompliancewiththemodelspresentedinthemainpartandappendixoftheFinalReportoftheWorkingGrouponAggregates.

Status:Inprogress:theAWGhasanalyzedthemodelspresentedintheFinalReportoftheWorkingGrouponAggregatesandhasbegunworkonreconcilingthosemodelswiththeconceptsprovidedintheFRBRoomodel.

1.2.InvestigatetheutilityofFRBRoosub-classesofWork,Expression,andManifestationforthedescriptionofaggregatesinRDA.

Status:Inprogress:theAWGisfindingtheconceptsoftheFRBRooclassesandsub-classesveryusefulforthinkingaboutaggregates.

1.3.Testthetwoexamplesin6JSC/AggregatesWG/1inliaisonwithEURIG.

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Status:Inprogress:theAWGincludedthetwoexamplesfrom6JSC/AggregatesWG/1inits2016discussionpaper,andwillseekresponsesfromEURIGabouttheseexamplesandothers.

1.4.Investigateissuesraisedin6JSC/EURIG/Discussion/2and6JSC/EURIG/Discussion/3.

Status:Inprogress:theAWGhasbegunanalysisoftheissuesraisedinthetwoEURIGdiscussionpapers,andwilladdressthoseissuesoncewearesurethatweareontherighttrackwithourproposedmodel.

2.Recommendhowtoincorporateissuesraisedin6JSC/DNB/Discussion/1inRDA

Status:Notyetbegun.

3.Investigateanewelementforthetypeofaggregation,forexamplecompleteworks,toptencompilations,best-ofcompilations,categoriesbasedonaccrualparameters,etc.

Status:Notyetbegun.

4.Prepareapaperonusecasesfor6JSC/BL/Discussion/1inliaisonwithEURIG.

Inprogress:theAWGhasbegunanalysisoftheissuesraisedin6JSC/BL/Discussion/1,andwilladdressthoseissuesoncewearesurethatweareontherighttrackwithourproposedmodel.

5.LiaisewiththeRSCMusicWorkingGroupandRSCTechnicalWorkingGrouponissuesofmutualinterest.

5.1. Investigateinstruction/potentialchangestotheinstructionsat6.2.2.9.1raisedinquestion#10in6JSC/MusicWG/Discussion/1.

Status:Notyetbegun.

5.2. Followupon6JSC/ALA/41withtheRSCTechnicalWorkingGroup.

Status:Notyetbegun.

Additionalprojects

Inadditiontotheabove,theAWGalso:

• Heldinformal,in-personmeetingsofvariousgroupmembersandotherinterestedpartiesat:

o ALAMidwinter(Boston,January,2016)o EURIGmeeting(Riga,May,2016)

• WorkedonandsubmittedcontributionstheRSCresponsetotheworld-widereviewofLRM(March-April,2016)

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TheAWGChairhasparticipatedin7“X-athons”betweenthe2015and2016RSCmeetings,andineachofthoseeventsthecomplexitiesofdealingwithcompilationshasbeenanunresolvedissue.Europeanparticipantsparticularlystrugglewithrelatingcreatorsofaddedcontenttonewexpressiondatafortheaugmentedworkembodiedinanaggregationmanifestation.TheparticipantsexpressedrelieftohearthattheRSCisveryawareofaggregationissues.

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RSCCapitalizationInstructionsWorkingGroup

ReporttoRSCNovember2016

FollowingthetransitiontotheRSC,thechargeandcurrentmembershipandtasksoftheCapitalizationInstructionsWorkingGroupwerereissuedon28Januaryand7March2016respectively.See:

http://www.rda-rsc.org/sites/all/files/RSC-Chair-8.pdfhttp://www.rda-rsc.org/sites/all/files/RSC-Chair-8-2016.pdfAdditionaltask

AttheEdinburghmeetingtheWorkingGroupwasaskedtoexaminetheEnglishversionofaninterimupdatetoA.39(Finnishcapitalizationinstructions)forpublicationinthespecial9December2015releaseinwhichtheFinnishtranslationofRDAwaspublished.TheseupdateswerepreparedbytheFinnishtranslationteamandrequiredfortheimplementationofRDAinFinland.TheWorkingGroupproposedsomestandardizationtotheformulationsoftheinstructionstoensureconsistencyofstylewiththecurrentAppendixAinstructionsinotherlanguages.

Statusoftasks

TheWorkingGrouphasasingletask,detailedintwosub-tasks:

1.ReviewthecontentandcoverageofRDAAppendixAandprepareaproposal/discussionpaperbyAug.1,2016.

1.1.ReviewtheinstructionsoncapitalizationofRDAelements(A.0-A.9)toidentifygapsandmakerecommendationstoensurethesearecomplete.

1.2.Identifyupdatesneededinspecificlanguages,wheretherelevantexpertiseforthatlanguageisavailable,andcreatemock-upsforlanguages.

Unfortunately,theWorkingGroupwasnotabletoprepareapaperforthisproposalcycle.

AftertheRDAsatelliteconferencetotheIFLAWLICinColumbus,fourmembersoftheWorkingGroupmetinformallyanddiscussedapartialinventoryofexistingcapitalizationinstructionformulationspreparedbythechair.

Membershaveconfirmedtheirwillingnesstocontinuetoserve,andtoproduceadiscussionpaper/proposalfor2017.

Submittedby

PatRivaChair,CapitalizationInstructionsWorkingGroup10October2016To: GordonDunsire,Chair,JSC

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From: AmandaSprochi,Chair,JSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGroupSubject:RSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGroup:2016annualreportTheRSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGrouphasbeenmakingslowprogressinexaminingtheissuessurroundingtheuseoffictitious(andnon-human)persons,families,andcorporatebodiesinRDAinlightofthenewFRBR-LRMwhichisexpectedtoberatifiedsometimeinthecomingyear.

TheWorkingGrouphasbeenmeetingvirtuallythroughemailandtheGoogledocsapplicationtodiscusstheimplicationsofthenewFRBR-LRMandsomecasesstudiesthatmaybeofusetoelucidatethemethodsbywhichfictitiousentitiesmaybeincludedinbibliographicrecordswhileadheringtotheFRBR-LRMdefinitionsof"persons"and"creators."Workthisyearhasconcentratedon:

1.RespondingtothedraftFRBR-LRMinlightofourworkonfictitious(andnon-human)entities;

2.InvestigatingdifferentusecasesthroughseveralexcellentexamplesprovidebyRichardMooreoftheBritishLibrary,amemberofourcommittee;and

3. DiscussionofwherefictitiousentitiesfitintheWEMIstackandtheimplicationsofusingrelationshipdesignatorstosignal"fictitiousness"and/or"non-humanness"inbibliographicWEMIentities.

TheWorkingGroupexpectstoprepareamodelfortheinclusionoffictitiousentitiescompatiblewiththefinalframeworkoftheFRBRconsolidatedmodelandtheLibraryReferenceModelwhentheyarefinalized.WearealsoworkingonamethodforbridgingthecurrentlegacyMARCauthoritystructurewhiledevelopingamodelfullycompatiblewithBIBFRAMEorwhatevernewsystemisdeveloped.FromthisweplantodevelopconcreteRDAinstructionsfortheinclusionoffictitiousentitieswithinRDA.

Workfortheupcomingyearwillinclude:

1. ClarificationonwherefictitiousentitiesshouldbeincludedintheWEMIstack,forexample,whethertolimitthemtomanifestation-levelentitiesorallowfortheiruseinworkandexpressionsaswell;

2. Theinvestigationofparticularusecasesforfictitious,non-human,andpseudonymousentities;

3. Workonidentifyingpossiblerelationshipdesignatorsforfictitiousetc.entitiesandtheir"real"counterparts;and

4. SuggestionsforappropriateRDAinstructionsfortheinclusionoffictitiousentitiesinRDArecordsinlightoftherequirementsoftheFRBR-LRM.

Respectfullysubmitted,

AmandaSprochi,ChairRSCFictitiousEntitiesWorkingGroup

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To: GordonDunsire,Chair,RDASteeringCommitteeFrom: DamianIseminger,Chair,RSCMusicWorkingGroupSubject:RSCMusicWorkingGroup:2016annualreportInRSC/Chair/6/2016,9taskswereassignedbytheRSCtotheRSCMusicWorkingGroup.TheRMWGpreparedandsubmittedRDArevisionproposalsandpositionpapersforthefollowingtasks:

2. ReviseRDA6.15and6.28.1.9.1,basedonresponsesto6JSC/MusicWG/14and6JSC/MusicWG/Discussion/2.InvestigatetheuseofaPhoenixschedulewhenrevisingRDA6.15.RevisionproposalssubmittedasRSC/MusicWG/3andRSC/MusicWG/4.

5. ReviewRDA7.11.DetermineifadditionalinstructionsforRecordingDetailsofPlaceof

CaptureandRecordingDetailsofDateofCaptureareneeded.RevisionproposalsubmittedaspartofRSC/MusicWG/1

6. RevisethescopeanddefinitionofDateofcaptureinRDA7.11.3.1andtheGlossarytoallow

fortherecordingofmultipledatesthatarenotinarangethatareassociatedwiththecontentofaresource.RevisionproposalsubmittedaspartofRSC/MusicWG/1.

8. RevisethescopeofPlatenumberformusicinRDA2.15.3.1tobetteralignitwiththe

principleofrepresentationinRDA0.4.3.4.DetermineifrevisionsareneededinRDA2.15.3.3tosupporttheusertasksoffindandidentify.RevisionproposalsubmittedasRSC/MusicWG/2.

9. PreparepositionpaperonmusicconventionalcollectivetitlesforEURIGbyApril15,2016.

Positionpapersubmitted19April2016TheWorkingGroupasksthatuncompletedtasks1,3,4,and7beassignedtotheWorkingGroupfor2017.Asofthistime,therearenoothertasksthattheMusicWorkingGroupwishestheRSCtoadd.

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To:GordonDunsire,RSCChairFrom:FrancisLapka,Chair,RSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroupSubject:RSCRareMaterialsWorkingGroup2016ReporttotheRSCThecurrentMembershipandTasksoftheRSCRareMaterialsWorkingGrouparepublishedasRSC/Chair/16/2016. MembersoftheWorkingGroupliaisedwithspecialistsanddevelopersofpolicyintheirrespectivecommunities.SubmissiontoRSCTheGroupsubmittedsixrevisionproposalsfortheRSCmeetinginNovember2016:

- RSC/RareWG/1-EarlyPrintedResourcesandRarePrintedResources- RSC/RareWG/2-RevisionofRDA1.8.1NumbersExpressedasNumeralsorasWords- RSC/RareWG/3-RevisionofRDA3.4.5ExtentofText- RSC/RareWG/4-RevisiontoRDA3.12BookFormatandrelatedterms- RSC/RareWG/5-RevisionofRDA3.21.2.9NoteonExtentofManifestation,Early

PrintedResources- RSC/RareWG/6-RevisionofRDA2.2.2.2SourcesofInformation

Statusoftasks1.LiaisewithACRLRBMSDescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterialsTaskForce.Ongoing.TheactivityoftheWorkingGroupassistsandinformstheongoingworkoftheDCRMtaskforce.2.Follow-up6JSC/ALA/45(Referentialrelationships:RDAChapter24-28andAppendixJandJSCdiscussion.Notyetstarted.However,intheWorkingGroup’sresponsetoTechnicalWG/1(RSC/TechnicalWG/1/RareWGresponse),wenotethatdevelopmentofSourceConsultedmayilluminateawayforwardonthepresenttask.3.ReviewRDAaccommodationofItemattributesandrelationshipsandprepareaproposal/discussionpaperbyAug.1,2016.a) ReviewthedistinctionbetweenRDA2.21NoteonItemandRDA3.22NoteonItem-Specific

CarrierCharacteristic.b) ReviewtheaccommodationofItemprovenancedata.

Notyetstarted

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4.CollaboratewiththeRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroupifspecialdesignatorsforrarematerialsarerequired.Noactivity5.CollaboratewiththeTechnicalWorkingGroupondevelopmentofthetranscriptionand4-foldpathelements.Noactivity6.ReviewtheRDAexceptionsforEarlyPrintedResourcesandprepareaproposal/discussionpaperbyAug.1,2016.RevisionproposalssubmittedasRSC/RareWG/1-6.7.ReviewthetreatmentofstatementsrelatingtoasubstantiallyunchangedimpressionorstateandprepareaproposalpaperforthedevelopmentofRDA2.5EditionStatement,ifnecessary,byAug.1,2016.Ongoing.TheWGdeclinedtosubmitaproposalthatwouldhavemadecosmeticstructuralchangestoseveralpertinentinstructionsinRDA2.5.Thegrouppreferstoundertakeabroaderreviewofthetreatmentofimpressions,states,andothervariantscommoninthedescriptionofrarematerials,withthegoalofsubmittingadiscussionpaperfor2017.Partofthediscussionwillconcernsubsetsofresources,wherethevariationscanbeindetailsofcarrier(e.g.,variantbindings,papers)ordetailsofcontent(subsetsissuedwithhand-coloring,orothervariationsofstate).8.Reviewtheaccommodationofrarematerialsinformationconcerningproduction,publication,distribution,andmanufacture,inliaisonwithRSCactivitiestofollow-up6JSC/BL/26(2.7ProductionStatement:changingmethodofrecording)inadditionto6JSC/BL/26Secfinal.AwaitingRSCactivitiestofollow-up6JSC/BL/26.For2017,theWorkingGroupproposestodevoteitsattentionprimarilytofulfillmentoftasks3and7above,aswellasongoingworkontask6(pendingRSCreviewoftheproposalsputforward)andcollaborationwithotherRSCgroups.

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RDA/ONIXFrameworkWorkingGroupReportThechargetotheworkinggroupswasupdatedinJanuaryandItookoverasChairoftheWorkingGroup.DuetootherprioritiesIhavebeenunabletoadvancetheworkofthegroupsofarthisyear.AlanDanskin14thOctober2016

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RSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup

ReporttoRSCNovember2016

ThecurrentMembershipandTasksarepublishedasRSC/Chair/11/2016.

TheGroupliaisedwiththeJSCTechnicalWorkingGrouponrelatedtasks.

SubmissionstoJSC

TheGroupsubmittedoneproposaldocumentfortheRSCmeetinginNovember2016,developedincollaborationwiththeRSCTechnicalWorkingGroup:

• RSC/RelationshipWG/1(RDAmodelsforrelationshipdata)

Statusoftasks

1.InvestigatetherequirementsandreviewthetreatmentandstructureofrelationshipdesignatorsinRDAToolkit,andprepareaproposal/discussionpaper,byAug.1,2016.

1.1.Clarifytherelationshipofdesignatorstoelements.

1.2.Clarifytherequirementsofsame---entityandcross---entitydesignators,buildingon6JSC/AggregatesWG/1.

Status:CompletedwithRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

2.Prepareaproposal/discussionpaperfortheorganizationofdesignatorsbetweenPersons,Families,andCorporateBodiesinAppendixK,takingintoaccount6JSC/ALA/43andJSCresponses,byAug.1,2016.

Status:PartiallycompletedwithRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

3.Reviewtheuseofparentheticalentityqualifiersandinvestigatealternativeapproachestodesignatorlabels,byAug.1,2016.

Status:CompletedwithRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

4.Proposeguidelinesonsubmittingnewrelationshipdesignators,includinglabels,definitions,scope,andhierarchies,byAug.1,2016.

Status:Ongoing.ThistaskdependsontheoutcomesofRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

Proposalsfornewtasks

TherearenoproposalsfromtheGroup.

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RSCTechnicalWorkingGroup

ReporttoRSCNovember2016

ThecurrentMembershipandTasksarepublishedasRSC/Chair/3/2016.

TheGroupliaisedwiththeJSCAggregatesWorkingGroup,theJSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup,andtheRDADevelopmentTeamonrelatedtasks.

SubmissionstoRSC

TheGroupsubmittedtwoproposaldocumentsfortheRSCmeetinginNovember2016:

• RSC/TechnicalWG/1(RDAmodelsforprovenancedata)• RSC/TechnicalWG/2(RDA9.2:AdditionofelementsforGivennameandSurname)

TheGroupcollaboratedonthesubmissionoftheRDARelationshipsWorkingGroup:

• RSC/RelationshipWG/1(RDAmodelsforrelationshipdata)

Statusoftasks

1.ReviewandupdatetheRDAElementanalysisdocumentationin5JSC/RDA/Elementanalysis/Rev/3.

Status:Ongoing.

2.MonitortheneedforvaluevocabularyrepresentationsoftheRDAToolkitrelationshipelementsanddesignators,followingrecommendation#7in6JSC/CILIPrep/3.

Status:Ongoing.MembersoftheGroupmonitorrelevantdevelopmentsinrelatedstandards.

3.Investigatetheissueof"cataloguer---friendly"and"user---friendly"labelsinmetadatabasedontheFRBR/FRADmodelsusingtheRDAElementsetandRelationshipdesignators,followingrecommendation#10in6JSC/CILIPrep/3andtheresponsesfromBLandDNB.

Status:Ongoing.TheGroupismonitoringthedevelopmentofaccommodationforRDAToolkitlabelsintheRDARegistry.

4.Exploretheissuesrelatedto“statements”asaggregatesofRDAelementsandmakeproposalsbasedonfindings.

Status:Ongoing.TheGroupnotesintroductionoftheattributeManifestationstatementintheLibraryReferenceModel,andtheseparationoftranscribedandrecordedelementsinthedevelopmentofthe4-foldpath.

5.Monitorthedevelopmentofgeneralmodelsforprovenanceandothermeta---metadataandprepareproposals/discussionpapersontheirapplicationtoRDAbyAug.1,2016.

Status:CompletedwithRSC/TechnicalWG/1.

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6.InvestigatehowRDAaccommodatesdataforinverserelationships.

Status:CompletedaspartofRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

7.InvestigatehowRDAaccommodatesrelationshipsbetweeninstancesofdifferententities,incollaborationwiththeRSCRelationshipDesignatorsWorkingGroup,andprepareaproposals/discussionpaperbyAug.1,2016.

Status:CompletedaspartofRSC/RelationshipWG/1.

8.Followuprecommendationsin6JSC/TechnicalWG/2

8.1.Treatnoteonissue,part,oriterationusedasthebasisforidentificationoftheresource,noteontitle,andNoteonseriesstatement,asmeta---elements,andapplytherecommendationsof6JSC/TechnicalWG/1asappropriate.

8.2.EnsurethesemanticsofthedatamodelofFigure3isappliedtoNoteon...elementsintheRDARegistry,andensuretheRDAinstructionsclarifytherelationshipbetweenNoteon...elementsandtheirrootelements,incollaborationwiththeRDADevelopmentTeam.

8.3.ChangethenamesoftheelementsasgiveninTable4,incollaborationwiththeRDADevelopmentTeam.

Status:Ongoing.CompletionofthistaskdependsontheoutcomesofRSC/TechnicalWG/1.

9.Followuprecommendationsin6JSC/TechnicalWG/5

9.1.Investigatetherepresentationofsub-typesofNomenaselementsub-typesoftheappellationelement,followingrecommendation#1.

9.2.ReviewanddevelopappropriateRDAelementsforcompatibilitywiththeappellation-Nomenmodelbyassigningelementsub-typesandranges,recommendation#2.

9.3.ConsideraddingtheRDAelementsfamilynameandgivennameassub-elementsofnameoftheperson,recommendation#3a,notingthatrecommendation#3bwillbecarriedoutbytheRDADevelopmentTeam,andprepareaproposalpaperbyAug.1,2016.

9.4.Investigatethefunctionalityandutilityof“preferred”formsofappellationelementsub-typesinrelationtoRDAandapplicationprofilesinthecontextoftheappellation-Nomenmodel,recommendation#4a,incollaborationwiththeRDADevelopmentTeam.

9.5.InvestigatetheutilityofrelationshipsbetweenNomenandhowRDAshouldaccommodatethem,recommendation#4b.

Status:Ongoing.Task9.3CompletedwithRSC/TechnicalWG/2.

10.Investigatewhetherastructureddescriptioncanbeappliedonlytoamanifestation,andwhatelementsaresuitableforinclusioninastructureddescriptionforeachWEMIentity.

10.1.Followupon6JSC/ALA/41incollaborationwiththeRSCAggregatesWorkingGroup

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Status:Ongoing.

11.ReviewtheencodingformatelementandrecommendrevisionsincollaborationwiththeRDADevelopmentTeam.

Status:Completed.ThevocabularyencodingschemeforEncodingformatwasremovedfromRDAToolkitandexcludedfromRDAReferenceintheAugust2016release.

12.Investigateissuesinotherdesignation…elements.

Status:Ongoing.

13.InvestigateissuesofcorporatebodyandplaceinRDA,andtheaccommodationfor“online”asavalueforlocationofconference,etc.

Status:Ongoing.

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ReportfromRDATranslationsWorkingGroup–2016

TheRDATranslationsWorkingGroupmetonlineonceinthepastyear.Inthatmeetingandinsubsequentemaildiscussionswehavecoveredthefollowingissues:

• RSCLiaison/WorkingGroupChair–wediscussedtheneedforachairtotakethedutyawayfromALAPublishing.Workinggroupmembershaveyettoexpressaninterestintheposition.TheRDABoardhaspostedanadvertisementforthepost.

• RDAReference–wereviewedthestatusofdevelopmentoftheRDAReferencetranslationprocess.AnumberofReferencetranslationshavebeenalreadybeenaddedtotheRegistry,includingDutch,French,German,Hebrew,Mandarin,andSpanish.MorewillfollowwithcompletionofthereferenceTranslationtemplatebytheendofOctober.

• Trados–wereviewedtheongoingissueswithourcurrenttranslationtoolsandworkflow,whicharesignificant.Thelargestportionofoursupportbudgetistakenupbyworkrelatedtothetranslationprocessandthesituationwillonlygetworsewiththetransitiontothenewdatabasestructureandtheadditionofnewtranslations.Anewtranslationsolutionisneededandshouldstreamlinetheworkflow,simplifythemanagementoffilesandtrackingofversions,andreduceerrorsintheprocess.LastmonthALAPublishingandtwomembersoftheTranslationWorkingGroupmetwithrepresentativesfromSLD,whogaveapresentationoftheirTradossoftware.Tradosseemslikeaveryviablesolutiontoourtranslationproblems,andwearelikelytomoveforwardwithpurchaseandimplementationinthecomingmonths.

• 3RProject/GlossarySynch–wearecontinuingdiscussionsaboutthe3Rproject,howthegroupcancontributetotheprojectandhowtheirworkwillbeimpactedbothbythechangestotheToolkitanddataandbythedevelopmentschedule.DiscussionsabouttheimpactoftheGlossarySynch,newtranslationstoolsinadditiontothe3Rprojectonthetranslationworkflow.

• BooksoftheBible–duringtheOctoberreleasewerolledoutaFrenchlanguageversionoftheBooksoftheBibledocument.Adisagreementabouthowthisdocumentshouldbetreatedinthetoolkit,asatranslationoftheEnglishdocumentorasadocumentwithuniquecontent(e.g.theGermanBooksoftheBibledocument),hasopenedadiscussionamongthegroupabouthowthiscontentshouldbedefined.WewillreportbacktotheRSConcethegrouphasfullydiscussedthetopic.

JamesHennellyChair,RSCTranslationsWorkingGroup

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FRBRReviewGroup

ReporttoRSCNovember2016

TheliaisonwasabletoattendthefirstbusinessmeetingoftheFRBRReviewGroupheldinColumbus,USA,duringIFLA2016,andanextra-curricularmeeting.

Thesecond,full-daymeetingwasdevotedtoapresentationanddiscussionontheoutcomesoftheworld-widereviewoftheLibraryReferenceModel.AfinaldraftofthemodelwillbesenttoIFLAforformalapprovalbeforetheendof2016.

ThePRESSooextensiontoFRBRooforserialsisgoingthroughthefinalstagesofitsformalapproval.AseparateFRBRooReviewGrouphasbeensetup,whichincludesmeasamember.

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ISBDReviewGroup

WorkingGroupoftheIFLACataloguingSection

ThegrouphasbeenworkingonanupgradeoftheISBDforthepastfewyears.Iturgentlyrecommendsthatthistaskbecompletedinordertopresentanupdatedversionofthestandard.

TheimportanceoftheISBDwasemphasizedoncemoreduringtheworkingsessionswithintheIFLAWLICinAugustinColumbus,Ohio.Manyusersarenotabletoordonotwishtoimplementcomplexstandards,butrequireasimple,practicalandyetdependablestandard,suchastheISBD.

Inprinciple,thegroupfindsthatagoodopportunityexistsforimplementingIFLA-standardsasbasicstandards,whichareofgreatinterest,andnottobeseenincompetitionwithcomplexstandardssuchasRDA.

Moreover,simple-to-usestandards,suchasthosefromIFLA,couldhelpintroduceimplementationofstandardstoculturalinstitutionssuchasarchivesandmuseums.

TocontinuewiththeISBD-update,theISBDReviewGroupsuggestssettingupasub-workinggroup,whichistocomparetheISBDwiththenewmodelIFLA-LRM,takingintospecialconsiderationaspectsofinternationality,multilingualismandrecordinginnumerousscripts.

ThedeadlineforthisstudyisthedateofthenextIFLA-conferenceinWroclaw,2017.

BoththecataloguingSectionandtheCommitteeonStandardshaveacceptedthisproposal.

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ISSNInternationalCentre

ReporttoRSCNovember2016

TheliaisonhadinformaldiscussionswithstaffoftheISSNInternationalCentreandmembersoftheISSNNetworkduringIFLA2016.

FurtherinformationaboutISSNdevelopmentsrelevanttoRDAcanbefoundinthereportsubmittedtotheRSCbytheISSNInternationalCentrefortheNovember2016RSCmeeting.

ArepresentativeoftheISSNInternationalCentrewillattendtheRSCmeetinginFrankfurtforrelevantdiscussiononserialsmetadata.

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ONIXLiaisonReport

ThereisnothingspecifictoreportfromanRDAperspective,butEditeurpublishedaminorreleaseONIX3.03inApril2016andsomeofthechangesareofinterest.

Theupdateincludessomeenhancementstothe<Contributor>element.Theseinclude:additionof<Gender>tosupportISNIregistrationandtocollectionofstatisticalinformationongenderbalance(interestingly,thevaluespermittedarebasedonISO5218butareassociatedwiththepersonaofthecontributorratherthanrealworldindividualbehindthepersona);additionofthe<Prize>compositetoenableawardsforabodyofworktobeassociatedwiththecontributor.

<Event>compositehasalsobeenaddedtobroadenthescopeoftheexisting<Conference>composite.

<RelatedProduct>hasbeenaddedtothe<ContentItem>compositetocomplementtheexisting<RelatedWork>.

AlanDanskin14thOctober2016