Titles and proper names
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From the TC 372 Workshop Compendium
Why some conventions are more useful than others
This is a classic domain of cataloguing rules. Many of the conventions laid down in compendia such as the AACR can be expected to remain useful in the future. Some, however have turned out to be less adequate for an all-digital, networked information environment.
 From: FIAF Cataloguing Rules for Film Archives, 1991, p.215. |
Abbreviations were useful for paper-based information. Restrictions in the length of text no longer count in a digital environment. Although many abbreviations can be disambiguated through the context, this context is often lost in systems where information can be mixed and matched in arbitrary ways. |