> . . . it is RDA: Resource Description & Access.
Thanks : Right, exactly ; that's what I thought.
Then how does the discovery thing creep in --
even in respectable contexts ? ( A Freudian slip,
perhaps ? )
- Laval Hunsucker
Breukelen, Nederland
----- Original Message ----
From: Bryan Baldus <bryan.baldus_at_QUALITY-BOOKS.COM>
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 8:26:28 PM
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] RDA
On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:01 PM, Laval Hunsucker wrote:
>Probably I've missed something, but : I've been seeing in quite a few places --
>even in official places, even e.g. in an IFLA official place, for example -- the
>term "Resource Discovery and Access" given as the proper full expression forwhat
>we call "RDA".
According to <http://www.rdatoolkit.org/>, it is RDA: Resource Description &
Access.
As for why other places would have "Discovery" instead of "Description", I am
unable to explain.
I hope this helps,
Bryan Baldus
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Received on Wed Aug 18 2010 - 15:56:52 EDT