This is a carry-over from what has always been a mystery to me in AACR (see 1.4D3). I never could find an explanation of why we capitalized the first word or phrase indicating the function, but since the examples showed it that way, that's what we did. Those examples came over as they were given in AACR.
This capitalization actually makes sense in a data world, where each element is its own statement, but always has looked strange in an ISBD 'sentence' display. If there *is* an explanation for this, I, too, would be interested in learning about it at last, since it has always been an aberration in the 'sentence capitalization' guidelines. Deborah - - - - - - - - Deborah Fritz TMQ, Inc. debo...@marcofquality.com www.marcofquality.com -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Heidrun Wiesenmüller Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 5:55 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Capitalization in 2.9.4.4 It beats me why the examples in 2.9.4.4 (and other similar rules, e.g. 2.10.4.4) are all capitalized, e.g.: Distributed by New York Graphic Society Sold by Longman I cannot find any justification for this in appendix A. It's certainly not mentioned among the elements where the first word must always be capitalized. Corresponding examples in the ISBD consolidated (4.2.5) aren't capitalized, e.g.: distributed by Harvard University Press to be sold by Jas. Gardner So, is there something I've overlooked, or is this a mistake in RDA? Heidrun -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
