RDA value vocabularies

RDA value vocabularies are recommended for use as Vocabulary Encoding Schemes for specified RDA properties.

The vocabularies contain terms, definitions, and scope notes in English.

RDA Reference value vocabularies are used in RDA applications, including RDA Toolkit.

The labels, definitions, and scope notes are covered by the Translation Policy for RDA and RDA Toolkit.

Translations may be partial or out-of-date.

Current and pending translations include:

  • Arabic
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Ukrainian
  • Vietnamese