The question mark shall be used ONLY as the last digit in a date. It may not be added to a date to qualify it. The semicolon is used to indicate a nongap break in a range of holdings, i.e., when an item is not published or a change in numbering occurs. The space is used in chronology data to separate a month from a day if the month is not abbreviated. The equals sign is used in enumeration data to separate alternative numbering schemes.
All numeric information is converted to Arabic numbers.
First ed. is recorded as 1st ed. Five is recorded as no.5 Troisieme is recorded as 3e For alphabetic data, uppercase and lowercase characters are recorded as they appear on the publication and romanized, if necessary. B Captions associated with enumeration are recorded in the vernacular form appearing on the publication and romanized, if necessary. When a serial carries combined numbering, for example, as in a double volume, the numbers are separated by a diagonal. For numbered series, the series numbering schemes and series captions are treated as the most inclusive level of enumeration data and are recorded in the appropriate location within the enumeration data.