Discussion Paper on Soft-Deprecated Terms Out for Community Review
In last night's Public Session, Technical Team Liaison Officer Chris Holden (pictured) introduced the Technical Working Group's Discussion Paper on Soft-deprecated Parallel Elements which is now out for Community Review.
As well as paying tribute to members of the Working Group - Gordon Dunsire, Deborah Fritz, Damian Iseminger, Szabina Ilácsa,
Ricardo Santos Muñoz Stefan Schuh - Chris thanked members of the wider RDA community who have been so willing to engage in discussions about soft-deprecated terms already. He hopes that the Discussion Paper presents options for parallel elements that will assist in moving towards next steps, and is really looking forward to discussing RSC/TechnicalWG/2025/1 in our January RSC Meeting. Its Public Session is scheduled for Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 19:00 - 21:00 UTC. (There is a handy time converter here and the full list of Save the Dates for 2026 is here).
If they have not already done so, your Regional Representatives will share the date by which they need to receive your comments in order to compile them for the January Meeting. As a reminder, here are their contact details:
- If you are based in Europe, your Regional Representative is Dr Ahava Cohen. If you are part of EURIG, please feedback in the usual way. If you are not a EURIG member yet, please contact Ahava directly: Ahava.Cohen@rdatoolkit.org
- If you are based in Latin America or the Caribbean, your Regional Representative is Dr Filiberto Felipe Martinez Arellano. If you are part of ALyC, please feedback in the usual way. If you are not an ALyC member yet, please contact Felipe directly: felipe@rdatoolkit.org
- If you are based in North America, your Regional Representative is currently Dr Robert L. Maxwell. If you are part of NARDAC, please feedback in the usual way. If you are not a NARDAC member yet, please contact Robert directly in the first instance: rmaxwell@rdatoolkit.org Please note: Robert's term ends on 31 December 2025, and he will pass feedback on to his successor, whom NARDAC is in the process of selecting at the moment.
- If you are based in Oceania, your Regional Representative is Jack Ennis Butler. If you are part of ORDAC, please feedback in the usual way. If you are not an ORDAC member yet, please contact Jack directly: jack@rdatoolkit.org
- If you are not based in any of these Regions (i.e. you are based in Asia or Africa), please contact the Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) Elect, Dr Getaneh Alemu. He will be WCEO from 1 January 2026 and so will be happy to hear responses from members of the RDA community from these regions: getaneh@rdatoolkit.org