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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree Robert, it is so important to know what was actually printed on the piece!
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also feel that the easier to interpret one can make a rule, the better. Case conversion is fraught enough, optionally inserted diacritics is really too much.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica Janecki<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Robert O. Steele<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Diacritic transcription in DCRMR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Hello, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">I note with some surprise that the draft edition of DCRMR includes the option of adding diacritics where they are not present on the piece at hand. Granted, this is in the limited situation of
converting from upper to lower case, but I think it introduces potential confusion for researchers trying to distinguish between states or issues… or even editions, in the case of anonymous and clandestine but oft-reprinted works, such as some French Revolutionary
pamphlets. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">I have attached the detailed response I posted as feedback on the Public Review of DCRMR site. Please feel free to comment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">The main points: 1) Since the rule is optional, I will not know which rule you are applying, so I will not know if what you saw is really different from what I see on the piece in hand. 2) The
rule only applies to case conversion, so in French EDITION can be édition, but not Édition. Why? 3) The “pattern of the text” in early modern spelling can be difficult to discern without some advanced knowledge, so I suspect anyone applying the rule will merely
add diacritics where they would be expected in modern usage, which in my opinion is the equivalent of correcting spelling rather than using [sic].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Thanks for any feedback you might have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">Robert O. Steele<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">Cataloging Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">Jacob Burns Law Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">George Washington University<o:p></o:p></p>
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