1.7 Examples

The examples given throughout the guidelines are illustrative and not prescriptive (unless stated otherwise). They follow The Chicago manual of style1 for the sake of consistency. They are intended to illuminate the provisions of the guidelines to which they are attached, rather than to extend those provisions. Therefore, neither the examples nor the form in which they are presented should be taken as instructions, unless the accompanying text specifically states that they should. Most examples are from actual titles; in the few made-up examples an attempt has been made to formulate realistic data. Examples of complete entries may be found in Examples of records containing core elements in the different levels of hierarchy. Examples of the elements of description in different data structures are shown in Elements of Description comparison. The bibliography follows ISO 690.

  1. University of Chicago. 2003. The Chicago manual of style. Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press. ↩