[DCRM-L] Two comments on the delta draft

[David Woodruff]

0F3. "When a word is divided between the end of one line and the
beginning of the next, with or without a hyphen, transcribe it as a
single word ignoring the line-break. If the function of the hyphen is in
doubt, transcribe it." I think it would help to specify the hyphen's
alternative function, rather than leaving it to be inferred. So perhaps
in place of the last sentence: However, transcribe a hyphen at the end
of a line if it joins parts of a compound word that would be hyphenated
if printed on a single line, or if the function of the hyphen is in
doubt.
5C3. "Generally consider a colored illustration to be any illustration
printed in one or more colors other than black and white." I know this
has been a difficult issue, but the draft definition would oblige us to
call a sepia-printed engraving a col. ill., which is awkward. In How to
Identify Prints (section 65) Bamber Gascoigne writes "Any print using
more than one ink constitutes an example of colour printing." This
implies that no monochromatic print can be an example of color printing,
even if printed red. Would it be possible to consider a definition that
falls between the draft definition and the AACR2 definition ("An
illustration in two or more colours. Neither black nor white is a
colour")? It could be something like: "Generally consider a colored
illustration to be any illustration printed in two or more colors, one
of which may be black." This would be enough to avoid the problem of
monochromatic ill. while still letting tinted lithographs be considered
col. ill. (which, incidentally, Gascoigne is at pains to distinguish
from full color prints).