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Major Changes in Title Proper: CJK Problems. Ben Gu Director, ISSN China Centre. The Problem. ISSN Handbook : provision 2.3.1 and 2.4.1, especially concerning the language usage of Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK).
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Major Changes in Title Proper: CJK Problems Ben Gu Director, ISSN China Centre
The Problem Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 • ISSN Handbook: provision 2.3.1 and 2.4.1, especially concerning the language usage of Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK). • ISBD Consolidated Edition: 0.2.4.1 Major changes in title proper of serials: • “the addition, deletion, change, or reordering of any word occurs within the first five words...”
Background Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 • IME ICC4 (The Fourth IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code) in Seoul, 2006, Working Group 3 (Seriality) chaired by Naoko Harai. • Qinfang Xie (Peking University Library) made a proposal. • ISBD RG, JSC, … • ISBD Review Group Meeting, Milan, Italy, August 27, 2009. • ISSN DM, Beijing, China, September 17, 2009.
CJK Proposal (1) • CJK Proposal on September 15, 2009: • Jaesun Lee (Korea) • Ben Gu (China) • Naoko Harai (Japan) Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009
CJK Proposal (2) Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 • In case that the first five words (the first six words if the title begins with an article) can not be distinguished after five words in machinery by language usage, 2.3.1 and 2.4.1 follow the following rule: • “If there were changes of addition, deletion and order of word, and those changes made their meaning or subject changes, a new serial record should be created.”
CJK Proposal: Reasons Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 There is no space between words in Chinese and Japanese characters, and there is no standard word segmentation method. For Korean words, the situation is similar.
John Hostage’s Proposal Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 • John Hostage (ISBD Review Group) made a proposal on September 14, 2009. • Change of wording: • 0.2.4.1: “for languages and scripts that divide text into words, the addition, deletion, change, or reordering of any word occurs within the first five words (the first six words if the title begins with an article) of the title, except as indicated below...”
Qinfang Xie: Proposal and Examples Ben Gu, ISSN DM Beijing 2009 • Examples and proposals • Summary: • A change of all characters – Major change; • Any change resulting in the change of meaning and subject matter – Major change; • Change of title structure – Major change; • Change in the name of the corporate body in other title information – Major change (Chinese rule).
Thanks bgu@nlc.gov.cn