October 2026 RDA Toolkit Release

October 2026 RDA Toolkit Release

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The October 2026 release of the RDA Toolkit was published last week. The release features changes related to RDA Steering Committee (RSC) decisions on  the following proposals: RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/1/Decisions, RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/2/Decisions, and RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1/Decisions. Thirty-nine elements have been have been deprecated and removed from the Toolkit. The release also includes new examples added to 43 elements pages, and the usual fixes to typos, bad links and other minor errors. All policy statements have been updated as well.

This release is the last of 2026. The next release is scheduled for February.

Read the full October release notes.