Or, to use a punctuation style followed by some publishers:
245 00 $a Revista de derecho internacional y del Mercosur/direito
internacional e do Mercosul ...
246 30 $a Revista de direito internacional e do Mercosul
I don't think this solution is in conflict with ISBD if there are no spaces
on either side. (Which makes me wonder--even if the RDA policy is that
examples do not use ISBD punctuation, does the editor have to make sure
that no RDA example uses punctuation that ostensibly conflicts with ISBD?)
On the other hand, would we need a special rule in RDA Part II if we
needed to construct a uniform title for this situation? The RDA proposed
rule 1.6.6 seems consistent with the principle of representation in 0.1.2
although it might be at odds with citation practice, but is there anything
in the principles of description given there that would allow citation
practice to trump the representation principle? This is a very interesting
example, but I agree that it would be better to describe what is actually
on the source if it can be done without confusion for the user, and let the
access points take care of what the publisher "really wanted to
say." Shouldn't choice & form of entry rules address citation issues
rather than transcription? If someone can come up with an example so
confusing in literally transcribed form that could not be clarified with
cataloger supplied punctuation, I would support changing the rule, since
the interests of the user should be foremost, but I'm not convinced John
Hostage's example is it.
Very interesting point, Steven. How sensible to look to the uniform title
as a solution!
How about another example, that was submitted by Selina Lin in the CRCC
task force today. The URL for an issue of this journal is:
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/carj/vol-52/issue-4/issue-4.htm
The title is presented as:
Canadian Association
of Radiologists
Journal
de l'Association canadienne
des radiologistes
Should it really be transcribed as:
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal l'Association
canadienne des radiologistes
Or this example, from Adam Schiff:
La
The Canadian Vision
Canadienne
With tongue in cheek, I suggested we follow the "normal" line-by-line,
top-to-bottom, left-to-right way of reading, and transcribe it as:
La the Canadian vision canadienne
Actually, although it looks weird, the articles are the only thing that
make it different from the example in RDA. (And a 2nd indicator of "7"
would make this file alright...)
I'm hoping someone comes up with a better example of the kind of typography
in Adam's example, but that would not seem to allow ANY kind of logical
transcription without repeating words. I know I have seen them, but I just
can't come up with any at the moment.
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