I would like the group eventually to consider whether to expand and encourage the use of devised titles proper when the manifestation in hand doesn't have a recognizable title. By recognizable title I mean A word or sequence of words appearing in the manifestation that is clearly intended to name it. Single-sheet publications, including poems, songs, proclamations and such are the main suspects, but there are also manifestations such as that addressed by dcrmb 1B3.3, Title proper consisting solely of the name of a responsible body.
1B5, No title [previously No title proper] gives instructions on what to transcribe when you don't have a title, which is generally to use the opening lines of text. This is okay with poems, and possibly with proclamations, but not for a lot of other things. Instructions are expanded in 1G2, on Single-sheet manifestations. Personally, I think we could eliminate a special section on single-sheet publications and integrate the rules into other elements.
Note: This issue was originally posted by @deborahjleslie on 24 August 2020 as a comment on issue #36, which was created as a catch-all for issues related to future development. For ease of tracking, the comments have been moved to their own individual issues and tagged as "future work."
I would like the group eventually to consider whether to expand and encourage the use of devised titles proper when the manifestation in hand doesn't have a recognizable title. By recognizable title I mean A word or sequence of words appearing in the manifestation that is clearly intended to name it. Single-sheet publications, including poems, songs, proclamations and such are the main suspects, but there are also manifestations such as that addressed by dcrmb 1B3.3, Title proper consisting solely of the name of a responsible body.
1B5, No title [previously No title proper] gives instructions on what to transcribe when you don't have a title, which is generally to use the opening lines of text. This is okay with poems, and possibly with proclamations, but not for a lot of other things. Instructions are expanded in 1G2, on Single-sheet manifestations. Personally, I think we could eliminate a special section on single-sheet publications and integrate the rules into other elements.
Note: This issue was originally posted by @deborahjleslie on 24 August 2020 as a comment on issue #36, which was created as a catch-all for issues related to future development. For ease of tracking, the comments have been moved to their own individual issues and tagged as "future work."