= RDS/WIP: An Introduction =

This page is written to hopefully introduce the uninitiated to what the IDS-ADI team call the RDS/WIP.

== What the RDS/WIP Stands for ==

The RDS/WIP stands for "Reference Data System" and "Work in Progress", essentially combining the PCA IDS project's original reference data library system with the FIATECH ADI project's reference data library system, and using much of the ground work laid out in the drafts of ISO 15926 part 7.

== What the RDS/WIP is ==

The RDS/WIP is several things:

 * a library of reference data for ISO 15926
 * a means of publishing core ISO 15926 definitions
 * a platform for developing new ISO 15926 definitions
 * a workspace for harmonizing other standards with ISO 15926 (or each other)

== Why Reference Data is Needed ==

TBD

== How Contribution and Standardization Will Work ==

TBD

== What the RDS/WIP Is Built of ==

TBD