British Library Submissions

Superseded: British Library (BL) and CILIP submissions are now made via the RDA Europe community in the Europe documents series.

Although members of the CILIP-BL Committee on RDA jointly discuss proposals for the development of RDA at meetings and via email, the formal relationship with the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) requires the British Library (BL) to submit proposals and responses to other proposals separately from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

Most of the BL proposals and responses are publicly available as online documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader software required to view or print such documents free of charge from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Note that these documents are made available for outreach to resource description communities and to assist the JSC in its work. Under no circumstances should the documents be copied or re-transmitted without prior consultation with the Chair of JSC.

The BL document series contains proposals originated by BL together with responses from other JSC constituencies.

BL responses to proposals from other JSC constituencies are listed below in chronological order, with the latest first. The original proposals and responses from other JSC constituencies can be found in the working documents section of the JSC website.

• Discussion paper: Mixture of work level and manifestation level in RDA 2.3.2.6 (Collective Title and Titles of Individual Contents), Optional Additions (3 Oct 2014)
• Change in mode of issuance for online resources: proposal for a revised instruction (3 Oct 2014)
• Revision of RDA 2.12.9.2 and 2.12.17.2: Sources of numbering within series and subseries from any source (29 Sep 2014)
• Creating a priority order for Sources of Information in Date of Manufacture element (RDA 2.10.6.2) (29 Sep 2014)
• Clarifying core element status for "not identified" elements in the Distribution and Manufacture Statements (RDA 2.9 and 2.10) (29 Sep 2014)
• Using the mark of omission when recording titles (RDA 6.2) (29 Sep 2014)
• Subject Relationship Element in RDA Chapter 23 (29 Sep 2014)
• Clarifying instructions for Sequences of Plates (RDA 3.4.5.9) (29 Sep 2014)
• Eliminating the instructions for Date of Expression of a Religious Work (RDA 6.24) and modifying the instructions for Authorized Access Point Representing an Expression of the Bible (RDA 6.30.3.2) (29 Sep 2014)
• Creating instructions for using nominative case for titles (RDA 6.2), names (RDA 8.5), and places (RDA 16.2) (29 Sep 2014)
• Clarifying instructions for Recording Duration (RDA 7.22) and Note on Carrier (RDA 3.21) (29 Sep 2014)
• Transcription issues associated with the Production Statement (2.7) (29 Sep 2014)
• Add instructions to supply terms indicating the function recorded under the optional addition provisions at 2.7.4.4., 2.8.4.4, 2.9.4.4 or 2.10.4.4, in a language and script preferred by the cataloguing agency (29 Sep 2014)
• Internationalization and RDA Appendix A Capitalization: Discussion Paper (29 Sep 2014)
• Colour Content in RDA (29 Sep 2014)
• Discussion paper: Hidden relationships in attributes (examples: RDA 9.4.1.4.2, 9.13,10.6, 11.3, 16.2.2) (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision proposal for RDA 6.28.3, Authorized Access Point Representing a Musical Expression (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision proposal for RDA 3.4.3.2 and RDA 3.21.2.5 (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision proposal for choosing and recording preferred titles for music in RDA 6.14.2.3–6.14.2.6 (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision proposal for RDA 6.2.1.9, 6.14.2.7.1, Appendix B.3: Abbreviation for the part designation Number or its equivalent in another language (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision proposal for conventional collective titles in RDA 6.14.2.8 and Glossary definitions for conventional collective titles and the term Type of Composition (29 Sep 2014)
• Additional terms for Base Material in RDA 3.6.1.3 and Applied Material in RDA 3.7.1.3 (29 Sep 2014)
• Meta-metadata elements in RDA (29 Sep 2014)
• Note and related elements in RDA (29 Sep 2014)
• High-level subject relationship in RDA (29 Sep 2014)
• Court and Jurisdiction in RDA (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision to RDA 16.2.2.8 (Place Names for Jurisdictions) (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision to RDA 2.4.1.8 (Noun Phrase Occurring with a Statement of Responsibility) (29 Sep 2014)
• Compilations of Works by Different Persons, Families, or Corporate Bodies (New 6.2.2.11) (29 Sep 2014)
• Works without titles (29 Sep 2014)
• Revisions to instructions on Parts of the Bible (6.23.92.9.2-6.23.2.9.5; 6.23.2.9.7) (29 Sep 2014)
• Major and minor title changes for serials in languages which do not divide text into words: proposal for new wordings and instructions (29 Sep 2014)
• Revision to 6.2.2.10 (Recording the Preferred Title for a Compilation of Works of One Person, Family, or Corporate Body) and 6.2.2.4 (Works created after 1500) (29 Sep 2014)
• Expanding the scope of Statement of Responsibility in RDA 2.4 and eliminating the instructions for Performers, Narrators, Presenters (RDA 7.23), and Artistic and/or Technical Credits (RDA 7.24 (18 Sep 2014)
• Compilations of Works (3 Oct 2013)
• ISBD Review Group response to JSC Response to the two Discussion Papers from the ISBD Review Group (2 Oct 2013)
• Alignment of ISBD and RDA Element Sets. Appendix D (2 Oct 2013)
• Addition of the Copyright holder relationship. Amendments to RDA 21.6.1.1 and Appendix I (2 Oct 2013)
• Qualifications after an identifier – Amendments to RDA 2.15.1.7 I (2 Oct 2013)
• Revision proposal for RDA instructions on treaties (2 Oct 2013)
• RDA Appendix K. Revision and Expansion (2 Oct 2013)
• Colour Content (RDA 7.17) (2 Oct 2013)
• Machine-actionable data elements in RDA (Discussion paper 2013) (2 Oct 2013)
• Treatment of Subjects in RDA (2 Oct 2013)
• Instructions for Recording Relationships: Discussion Paper (2 Oct 2013)
• Note on Manifestation and Item (2 Oct 2013)
• Revision of RDA 2.3.1.7 (Titles of Parts, Sections, and Supplements) and RDA 2.3.2.6 (Collective Title and Titles of Individual Contents) (2 Oct 2013)
• Proposals for Subject Relationships (2 Oct 2013)
• RDF representation of RDA relationship designators: a follow-up discussion paper (2 Oct 2013)
• Parts of the Bible: Books (RDA 6.23.2.9.2) (2 Oct 2013)
• Discussion paper: First issue v. latest (current) issue (2 Oct 2013)
• Illustrative content and other augmentations: Discussion Paper (2 Oct 2013)
• Representing date of works and expressions in RDA: Discussion Paper (2 Oct 2013)
• Representing language of expressions in RDA: Discussion Paper (2 Oct 2013)
• Revisions to instructions for production, publication, distribution and manufacture statements (2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10) (2 Oct 2013)
• Recording dates in more than one calendar (2 Oct 2013)
• Proposed revision to instructions 6.2.2.9.2 (Two or More Parts), 6.14.2.7.2 (Two or More Part), 6.27.2.3 (Two or More Parts), and 6.28.2.3 (Two or More Parts) (2 Oct 2013)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.14.2.5, "Preferred Title Consisting Solely of the Name of One Type of Composition" (2 Oct 2013)
• Proposed revisions for medium of performance (RDA 6.15.1, 6.28.1.9, 6.28.1.10, and Appendix E.1.1) (2 Oct 2013)
• Treatment of Choreographic Works in RDA (27 Sep 2013)
• Language of the Family (25 Sep 2013)
• Revision of RDA 3.5.3 (Dimensions of Still Images) (14 Sep 2013)
• Revision of Appendix D regarding capitalization practice (13 Sep 2013)
• Revision of RDA 1.7.2 (Punctuation) (13 Sep 2013)
• Variant Access Points (11 Sep 2013)
• Changes to instructions on liturgical works (11 Sep 2013)
• Larger place – Revision of RDA 16.2.2.4 (Recording the Preferred Name); 16.2.2; 16.2.2.9.1; 16.2.2.9.2; 16.2.2.10; 16.2.2.10.1; 16.2.2.11; 16.2.2.11.1; 16.2.2.12; 16.2.2.13; 16.2.2.14 (9 Sep 2013)
• Attributes of manifestations: Instructions for more than one instance of an element (9 Sep 2013)
• Compilers and editors of compilations – Amendments to RDA 20.2.1 (4 Sep 2013)
• Revision of A.29, Capitalization of Hyphenated Compounds; changes in Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition (2010) (4 Sep 2013)
• Compilations in RDA chapter 6, Discussion paper (4 Oct 2012)
• Revision of RDA 2.12.8 and 2.12.16, regarding recording ISSNs (4 Oct 2012)
• Musical arrangements – Revision of RDA 6.18.1.4 and 6.28.3.2.1 (4 Oct 2012)
• Serials and changes in mode of issuance –is a new description always needed? (4 Oct 2012)
• Revision to RDA 11.13.1.8 (Number, date, location, of a conference, etc.) (2 Oct 2012)
• Priority order of additions to authorized access points representing a person (9.19.1.1, 9.19.1.5, 9.19.1.6) (2 Oct 2012)
• Adjustment to exception for recording acronym/initialism titles in favor of base instruction (2.3.2.5, exception) (2 Oct 2012)
• Clarification of leaves and pages (3.4.5.2 and Glossary) (2 Oct 2012)
• Instruction for choosing the preferred title for choreographic works (RDA 6.2.2.4) (1 Oct 2012)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.28.1.11, "Additions to Access Points Representing Compilations of Musical Works" (1 Oct 2012)
• Proposed revision to instruction6.16.1.3, "Recording Numeric Designations of Musical Works" (1 Oct 2012)
• Date of expression – Revision of RDA 6.10.1.1 and 6.10.1.3 (1 Oct 2012)
• Language of expression - Revision of RDA 6.11, 6.11.1.3, 6.11.1.4, 7.12.1.3, 26.1.1.3 (1 Oct 2012)
• Musical arrangements: discussion paper (1 Oct 2012)
• 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, revision of affected chapters in RDA (0.6.2, Core Elements - Section 1: Recording Attributes of Manifestation and Item; 1.3, Core Elements; 1.4, Language and Script; 2.2.4, Other Sources of Information; 2.20 Note on Manifestation or Item; 18.6, Note on Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with a Resource; Appendix A; Glossary). (1 Oct 2012)
• Revision of RDA 2.5.1.4, Recording Edition Statements (25 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 2.11.1.3 (Recording Copyright Dates) (25 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 6.15.1.3 (Recording Medium of Performance) (25 Sep 2012)
• 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) (25 Sep 2012)
• Hearings in RDA 19.2.1.1.1 (25 Sep 2012))
• Machine-Actionable Data Elements in RDA Chapter 3: Discussion Paper (25 Sep 2012)
• Proposed Revision of RDA Instructions for Government and Non-Government Corporate Bodies (25 Sep 2012)
• Proposed Revision of RDA 16.2.2 (Preferred Name for the Place) (25 Sep 2012)
• Proposed revision of RDA 2.1.2.2 and 2.1.2.3, Basis for Identification of the Resource (25 Sep 2012)
• Proposed Revisions of RDA instructions on Sources of Information (RDA 2.2.2.1–2.2.2.4) (25 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 6.21 (Other distinguishing characteristics of a legal work) and 6.29.1.33 (Additions to access points representing treaties, etc.) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 11.5.1.3 (Recording Associated Institutions) and 9.13.1.3 (Recording Affiliations) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 6.28.1.9, Additions to access points representing musical works with titles that are not distinctive (14 Sep 2012)
• Initial Articles in Place Names (RDA 16.2.2.3) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA instructions for arrangements and adaptations of musical works (RDA 6.28.1.5.2 and 6.28.3.2.2) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 3.19.3 for video encoding formats and addition of a new element for optical disc characteristics (14 Sep 2012)
• Performances – Addition of examples in RDA 6.12.1.3 and 6.27.3. (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 1.6.2.2, and RDA 3.1.6.1 regarding change in media type of serials (14 Sep 2012)
• 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 (14 Sep 2012)
• Revisions to Date Associated with the Person (RDA 9.3, 9.3.2, 9.3.3) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revisions to Date associated with the corporate body (RDA 11.4, 11.4.3, 11.4.4, 0.6.4) (14 Sep 2012)
• 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 (14 Sep 2012)
• Reorganization of instruction on saints in 9.2.2.18 (14 Sep 2012)
• Additional exception in 9.19.1.2 (Title or Other Designation Associated with the Person) for titles of religious rank (14 Sep 2012)
• Reorganization of instructions for recording extent (3.4.1.3, 3.4.1.5) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revisions to Change of Name of Jurisdiction or Locality (RDA 11.3.3.4) (14 Sep 2012)
• Additional instructions for preferred sources and preferred titles in different languages or scripts (RDA 2.2.3.1 and 6.2.2.4) (14 Sep 2012)
• Revisions to RDA Chapter 6 to treat "Selections" as a work attribute (14 Sep 2012)
• Revisions to Date Associated with the Person (9.3) when recording more than a year alone (14 Sep 2012)
• Revision of RDA 3.19.7.3, Recording transmission speed. BL Response (14 Aug 2012)
• 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". BL Response (14 Aug 2012)
• Proposed revision to Appendix B.1 General Guideline to explicitly include the usage of units of measure expressed as symbols. BL response (14 Aug 2012)
• Revision of RDA 11.2.2: Heads of state and heads of government (9 Jan 2012)
• Change to RDA 7.24 and glossary, artistic and/or technical credit (19 Dec 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.4, "Instrumental music intended for one performer to a part". BL response (19 Dec 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.7, "Groups of instruments". BL response (19 Dec 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.12, "Accompaniment for songs, lieder, etc." BL response (19 Dec 2011)
• Field of activity (9.15) and Profession occupation (9.16) BL response (19 Dec 2011)
• Clarifying date associated with the person and core requirements. BL response. (19 Dec 2011)
• Changes in content characteristics. BL response. (19 Dec 2011)
• Revision of RDA 19.2.1.1.3 (19 Dec 2011)
• Selections" as used in RDA Chapter 6. BL response (27 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 6.27.1.2 and RDA 6.27.1.3 (20 Sep 2011)
• Changes in content characteristics. BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Additions to RDA 19.2.1.1.1 (Corporate bodies considered to be creators). BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Clarifying date associated with the person and core requirements. BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Punctuation guidance for see also references used with relationship designators. BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Elimination of RDA treatment for "names not conveying the idea of …" BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Date of manufacture (RDA 2.10.6) (20 Sep 2011)
• RDA: Appendix A; BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Initial articles - Revision of RDA 0.5; 6.2.1.7; 9.2.2.25; 9.2.2.26; 11.2.2.8; Appendix C: Initial articles. BL response (20 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 2.5.2: Designation of edition and revision of RDA 2.5.6: Designation of a named revision of an edition (19 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 2.7.2.3, 2.8.2.3, 2.10.2.3 Recording place of production [publication, distribution, manufacture]. BL response (19 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 9.2.2.5.3: Names written in a non-preferred script. BL response (19 Sep 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.12, "Accompaniment for songs, lieder, etc." BL response (18 Sep 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.7, "Groups of instruments". BL response (18 Sep 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.4, "Instrumental music intended for one performer to a part". BL response (18 Sep 2011)
• Proposed revision to instruction 6.14.2.8, "Compilations of musical works", 6.16.1.3 "Recording numeric designations of musical worsks" and 6.28.1.11, "Additions to access points representing compilations of musical works." BL response (18 Sep 2011)
• Proposed revision to Glossary definition of vocal score. BL response (18 Sep 2011)
• Field of activity (9.15) and Profession occupation (9.16): BL response (15 Sep 2011)
• Date of signing of a treaty: BL response (15 Sep 2011)
• 12-16, 23, 33-37: BL response (15 Sep 2011)
• Change to RDA 7.24 and Glossary, Artistic and/or technical credit (13 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 9.13, Affiliation. BL response (13 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 11.2.2: Heads of state and heads of government (13 Sep 2011)
• Revision of RDA 6.29.1.21: Reports of one court. BL response (13 Sep 2011)
• Review of 6JSC/ALA Rep/3: Vocabularies: Extent terms. BL Response (28 Apr 2011)
• Revision to: Categorization of content and carrier (27 Aug 2010)
• Issues deferred until after the first release of RDA: BL recommendations (1 Jul 2010)
• Proposed revision of RDA chap. 6, Additional instructions for musical works and expressions (9 Feb 2009)
• Proposed revision of RDA chap. 6, Additional instructions for musical works and expressions (6 Feb 2009)
• Constituency review of the full draft of RDA, October 31st 2008 (29 Jan 2009)
• Consideration of proposals from the ISBD Review Group (1 Dec 2008)
• Proposed revision of RDA chap. 6, Additional instructions for musical works and expressions (14 Mar 2008)
• RDA: Resource Description and Access sections 2-4, 9 - constituency review of December 2007 draft (12 Mar 2008)
• RDA part A constituency review of chapter 3 rev. March 2007 (17 Sep 2007)
• RDA part A constituency review of chapters 6 & 7 rev. (14 Sep 2007)
• Addition to other agreements involving jurisdiction (10 Sep 2007)
• IME ICC 5.2.4 forms of uniform titles (10 Sep 2007)
• Removal of "Introductory words" instruction (10 Sep 2007)
• Bible uniform titles (2 Aug 2007)
• Change to AACR rule 5.5B1 (RDA 3.4.2.2.2) Extent of item for notated music, and Glossary definition of "Score" (19 Mar 2007)
• Numbering for serials: alternative instructions (19 Mar 2007)
• Additions to RDA based on MARC 21 elements (13 Mar 2007)
• RDA part A chapters 6-7 (22 Sep 2006)
• Addition to Other agreements involving jurisdictions (7.9.5.5) (12 Sep 2006)
• Categorization (12 Sep 2006)
• List of specialist cataloguing manuals for RDA (12 Sep 2006)
• Video format characteristics (12 Sep 2006)
• Initial articles in Māori & Pacific Island languages (11 Sep 2006)
• Persistent identifiers and URLs (11 Sep 2006)
• Rule revision proposals relating to technical description of digital media (11 Sep 2006)
• Accessible formats used by visually impaired people (8 Sep 2006)
• Bible uniform titles (8 Sep 2006)
• Breton initial articles (8 Sep 2006)
• Dimensions of binding and of item(s) contained therein (8 Sep 2006)
• Irish initial articles (8 Sep 2006)
• RDA part 1 internationalization (8 Sep 2006)
• Family names (22 Mar 2006)
• GMD/SMD Working Group: Proposal for content and carrier terms in RDA (22 Mar 2006)
• Persistent identifiers and URLs (22 Mar 2006)
• RDA part 1 internationalization (22 Mar 2006)
• RDA: Resource description and access part 1 - Constituency review of December 2005 draft; RDA: Resource description and access part 1 - Constituency review of January 2006 draft of Chapter 3 (20 Mar 2006)
• Levels of description, access, and authority control (3 Oct 2005)
• Proposals to simplify AACR2 Ch.21 special rules (26 Sep 2005)
• Rule proposals for archival and manuscript sources (19 Sep 2005)
• Rule proposals for musical format information (eliminating musical presentation statement area (5.3)) (19 Sep 2005)
• AACR3 (now RDA) Area 4 example of simplified rules (15 Aug 2005)
• A0 rules for what is being described, number of records, basis of description, sources; changes to A1.0 and A1.1B [in AACR3 draft] (11 Aug 2005)
• Editor's follow-up to constituency responses on focus of the description and sources of information [in AACR3 draft part 1] (11 Aug 2005)
• Abbreviations in AACR3 - principles (14 Jun 2005)
• AACR3 - part 1 - Constituency review of December 2004 draft (31 Mar 2005)