Internationalisation of the codes

After reviewing the results of the study "Changing to International Standards (MARC21, AACR2)" which was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Committee for Library Standards agreed on the internationalisation of the German standards in December 2004

The resolutions included the changeover to MARC 21 as the unique exchange format for the Germany and Austria, the active involvement in the development of international cataloguing principles and of the new standard Resource Description and Access (RDA).

Project Changing to International Formats and Codes (MARC21, AACR2) (2002 - 2004)
Moving to MARC 21
First IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code
Resource Description and Access (RDA)