[DCRM-L] Area 4 comments

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Good observations, Jim. Specific replies below.

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Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
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Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
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[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of James Stephenson
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	Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] Area 4 comments

	A few additional observations for Area 4:

	The final example following rule 4A6.1:  Shouldn't the name be
	transcribed as "Chas. Ellms" instead of "Cha's Ellms" (despite
what
	might be on the title-page)?[DJL]  No, not according to 0G3.2.
What we are trying to do in 0G3.2-4 is to indicate that punctuation
integral to a word is to be preserved in transcription, with the
exception of modernizing the form of the punctuation. Apostrophes and
hyphens in particular that punctuate a word are treated differently than
marks that punctuate a text, if that makes sense. A hyphen connecting a
compound word is integral to the word, as is an apostrophe, and they are
to be transcribed. A comma or semi-colon in the source used to make
sense of the text is a different matter, and may be used, changed, or
ignored with impunity.   

	Final example under 4C2: add period to abbreviation "no. 4"[DJL]
You may be right, but I'd like to run that by the other editors and
anyone else facile with French. It's a French imprint, and I have a
vague sense that the French do not use a period when abbreviating
numero, and, we do not have a rule that says you have to add a period to
abbreviated words. 

	4D2.5: make footnote number 12 superscript[DJL]  Fixed.

	Jim Stephenson
	Getty Research Institute

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