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> From: Andrew E Switala [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 11 June, 2004 10:55 > Subject: Re: [MODS] names and abbreviation > > Annoying case one: hyphenated given names. If you break them > up into multiple <namePart> elements, where does the hyphen go? It doesn't. The hyphen is a display convention. Keep markup and content separate. The display rules may say to for each name part after the first, add a hyphen, before concatenating the name part. Or other display conventions may be used. A separate but related topic: there is a preceived problem with AACR2, where they use punctuation to denote markup of sub-pieces. I understand why they do it, but in an XML environment, the sub-pieces should be marked up so you don't rely on display conventions to delineate content. Andy.