[DCRM-L] DCRM editorial question: Spacing (0G4) vs. Initials (0G10)

[Carpenter, Jane]

Erin,
Your suggestion to re-locate 0G10 to 0G4, and re-number as 0G4.4 makes a lot of sense, and would improve the arrangement of the rules for transcribing spacing without requiring changes to other sections.  Would you mind writing it up as a Discussion of Proposed Change (DPC) for posting to this list?

I suggest that we follow the script used for other DPCs (such as the I/J, U/V transcription issue):

*         allow some time (1 week?) for additional discussion/comment

*         have BSC members vote online to approve

*         include it on the Consent Agenda at the BSC meeting at Annual.

Would this work?

Thanks to you and your group for proposing this change-
Jane Carpenter








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Subject: [DCRM-L] DCRM editorial question: Spacing (0G4) vs. Initials (0G10)

Test-drivers of the DCRM(G) draft have asked why instructions about when to add or omit spaces are split between 0G4 ("Spacing") and 0G10 (called "Initials, etc." but in fact entirely about spacing of initials and abbreviations), and why there are no "see also" references between them.

There is no equivalent in AACR2, so it's not a case of "not deviating from AACR2."

I was trying to figure out how to put a "see also 0G10" in 0G4, but the only place it would logically fit is in the heading itself. It seems that 0G10 (spacing of initials, etc.) should instead be 0G4.x, another example of a special case of spacing (and because 0G10 is the last in the 0Gx sequence, moving it to 0G4.4 wouldn't cause cascading re-numbering).

Does anyone see another way around this? Or should I put it to this listserv and BSC as a Discussion of Proposed Change (DPC)?

Thanks,

   Erin.

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