[DCRM-L] DPC: Wording of i/j u/v conversion in DCRM

[Erin Blake]

Last DPC of the season, if we're sticking to one a week: As some of you
know, this came up at the BSC meeting at Annual, when it became clear
that there was confusion about the phrase "If the rules for
capitalization require converting the letters i/j or u/v to uppercase or
lowercase..." because, in fact, "uppercase or lowercase" aren't
reciprocal here. It will never be the case that an uppercase J or U will
be converted to lowercase, see footnote 26 in Appendix G, which reads
"An uppercase J or U in the source signals a modern distribution, in
which i and j are functioning as separate letters, as are u and v,
requiring no special consideration while converting case." 

 

Proposed change: replace the standard phrase as follows...

Existing wording: If the rules for capitalization require converting the
letters i/j or u/v to uppercase or lowercase.

New wording: If the rules for capitalization require converting the
letters I or V to lowercase or i, j, u, or v to uppercase.

 

Discussion is open to anyone through DCRM-L for one week. BSC members
will be asked to vote on the proposed change on December 14.

 

Thanks,

 

    EB.

 

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Erin C. Blake, Ph.D.  |  Curator of Art & Special Collections  |  Folger
Shakespeare Library  |  201 E. Capitol St. SE  | Washington, DC
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eblake at folger.edu  |  www.folger.edu

 

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