As part of its strategic plan, the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) is working towards a new standard: RDA: Resource Description and Access, scheduled for release in early 2009.
This site contains various information about RDA including: background, scope and principles, prospectus, drafts, discussion list, FAQ, presentations, and ongoing activities.
This Task Group is for collaborative work on Resource Description and Access (RDA)
Charter: To define components of the draft standard "RDA - Resource Description and Access" as an RDF vocabulary for use in developing a Dublin Core application profile.
This post on Karen Coyle's blog recaps a meeting of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographcic Control and the three major "sea changes" that are needed in the library community.