The document discusses the UK Research Data Registry and Discovery Service (RDRDS) project. It provides an overview of the project's vision and progress, including participating data repositories in the initial pilot phase. It also discusses what participation in RDRDS means for data repositories, including requirements for metadata and options for syndicating metadata through harvesting. The goals of the second phase of the project are outlined as further defining use cases, evaluating platform options, and testing the system usability.