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

[Margaret F Nichols]

The proposed change makes sense to me (although I'm no expert in this area). I'd suggest adding a comma after the word "lowercase," for the sake of added clarity:

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

Kind regards to all,

Margaret


Margaret F. Nichols
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Cataloging & Metadata Services in RMC
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Cornell University
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Blake
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:48 PM
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] DPC: Wording of i/j u/v conversion in DCRM

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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