Maybe I'm missing something, but if we capture each subelement in it's own property, there'd be no need to parse a long string with ISBD punctuation.You'd know exactly what was in each, even if you didn't have a display system.
Nate
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Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] Punctuation
Nate said:
>We're leaning toward not having punctuation in the data ...
Too bad. I find ISBD punctuation very helpful when dealing with records in scripts or languages I do not read. Also, having "/" makes the data clearer in the absence of "by", "par", etc.
I suspect ILSs would make mistakes inserting punctuation for display.
I hope you rethink this.
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