> -----Original Message----- > From: J. McRee Elrod [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: February 23, 2011 11:30 PM > To: Brenndorfer, Thomas > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Abbreviations in RDA > > >3. For these elements: Dimensions, Extent of Storage Space, Duration, > >Numbering of Part, and some elements for music and maps, use Appendix > >B.7 for Latin alphabet abbreviations. > > How did those escape? Some esoteric map and music terms are far less > well known than p. v., S.l. and s.n. Also, some are spelled out and > some not.
Some background documents: http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair9-chairfolup4.pdf http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair9-chairfolup7.pdf http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair9-chairfolup8rev.pdf http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/docs/tf-iso1r.pdf http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5cilip1.pdf http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5m216-265.pdf A few of those remaining abbreviations are related to indexing of access points, such as Numbering of Part and Numeric Designation of Musical Work. The abbreviations in measurements are in elements where the trend is to use metric symbols. That only leaves two, Right Ascension and Medium of Performance, that have specialized abbreviations found in their respective fields. > > >4. For names of certain places, use abbreviations in Appendix B.11. > > Isn't this limited to jurisdictional qualifiers? These are used in place name qualifiers, the same as in AACR2, but these abbreviations may not survive past the first release of RDA, according to the discussions in the documents listed above. "The JSC agreed that they would be retained for the first release of RDA." from page 101 of http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5m216-265.pdf > > >5. Special cases for specific elements: Laws, etc.; Treaties, etc.; > ?Protocols, etc.; A.D.; B.C. > > > If "etc." why not "et al."? > The opposite direction was discussed in the documents above-- either eliminate terms with ",etc." or redefine the scope of the base terms "Laws", "Treaties", "Protocols". That still might happen in the future, and so most of the last remaining required special abbreviations may yet disappear. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
