Bug 24833 - Field ending punctuation needs to consider abbreviations and exceptions
Summary: Field ending punctuation needs to consider abbreviations and exceptions
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: MARC Authority data support (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low normal (vote)
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2020-03-09 15:36 UTC by Nick Clemens
Modified: 2023-10-14 19:14 UTC (History)
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Bug 24883: Add POD entry and remove unused variable (1.86 KB, patch)
2020-03-21 12:04 UTC, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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Description Nick Clemens 2020-03-09 15:36:39 UTC
Bug 24094 made some improvements to reconciling the ending punctuation form the bibliographic record to the authority, however, it still lacks consistency.

From comment 10 on bug 24094:
*If* one wanted to build a list of exceptions of authority punctuation that would need to be kept, here are a few places to start (from an incomplete U.S./Library of Congress perspective):
- etc.
- B.C.
- A.D.
- a period following a single letter (as in an initial)
- Dr.
- Jr.
- Mrs.
- Co.
- Dept.
- Inc.
- hyphen (-)
- closing parenthesis )
- question mark ?
- exclamation point !

If this is the path taken, I strongly recommend this list be expanded to be inclusive of punctuation and abbreviations used in authority records of languages other than American English. It could probably use a few more English exceptions, too.
Comment 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 2020-03-21 12:04:29 UTC
Created attachment 101331 [details] [review]
Bug 24883: Add POD entry and remove unused variable
Comment 2 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 2020-03-21 12:09:16 UTC
Comment on attachment 101331 [details] [review]
Bug 24883: Add POD entry and remove unused variable

Sorry, wrong bug.