STORY: Remove trailing punctuation from 260, 262, 264, and 300 tags

Description

The purpose of this card is to modify transformation rules when punctuation is present in the 260, 262, 264, and 300 tags. The scope of this card includes

• trailing punctuation

The card is not exhaustive for all punctuation rules across all MARC tags

Remove trailing punctuation

Example - MARC tag mapped to multiple linked data properties / classes → remove trailing punctuation present in original subfields (e.g. colon (:), comma (,), period (.), semicolon (;)

  264  1 $a New York : $b HarperCollins,  $c 2020.

    → bf:provisionActivity [ a bf:Publication ;

            bf:place [ a bf:Place ; rdfs:label "New York" ] ;

            bf:agent [ a bf:Agent ; rdfs:label "HarperCollins" ] ;

            bf:date "2020" ];

~~

300  $a 50 pages ; $c 24 cm.

→ bf:extent [ a bf:Extent ; rdfs:label "50 pages" ] ;

            bf:dimensions "24 cm" ];

NOTE: also remove any intervening spaces between the value and the punctuation in the original MARC tag

Exception - square brackets

Retain square brackets if present in the 260, 262, 264, or 300 tags

Example - square brackets retained; trailing punctuation removed

260   $a [Explicit edition].

→ bf:editionStatement “[Explicit edition]” ;

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