A partition Π = {S 1 , . . . , S k } of the vertex set of a connected graph G is called a resolving partition of G if for every pair of vertices u and v, d(u, S j ) = d(v, S j ), for some part S j . The partition dimension β p (G) is the minimum cardinality of a resolving partition of G. A resolving partition Π is called resolving dominating if for every vertex v of G, d(v, S j ) = 1, for some part S Many variations of location in graphs have since been defined (see survey [23]). For example, in 2000, Chartrand, Salehi and Zhang study the resolvability of graphs in terms of partitions [6], as a generalization of resolving sets when the vertices are classified in different types. A few years later, resolving dominating sets were introduced by Brigham, Chartrand, Dutton and Zhang [1] and independently by Henning and Oellermann [17] as metric-locating-dominating sets, combining the usefulness of resolving sets and dominating sets. Resolving dominating sets have been further studied in [3,11,19]. In this paper, following the ideas of these works, we introduce the resolving dominating partitions, as a way for distinguishing the vertices of a graph by using on the one hand partitions, and on the other hand, both domination and location.