Punctuation in X00 fields:

The punctuation of the subelements of a heading is generally dictated by descriptive cataloging or subject heading system/thesaurus rules.  These input conventions clarify MARC punctuation practices.

An X00 field does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, an initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Examples:

100  1#  $aTomlinson, Bridget

100  1#  $aMarmontel, Jean François,$d1723-1799

100  1#  $aZweig, Martin.$tWinning on Wall Street

100  1#  $aCarter, Elliott,$d1908-$tSuites,$msaxophones (4)

100  1#  $aPond, Samuel W.$q(Samuel William)

100  1#  $aDance, Daryl Cumber.$tShuckin' and jivin'

400  1#  $aDorst, Tankred.$tWerkausgabe.$f1985

100  1#  $aSloane, Eugene A.

100  1#  $aTrotignon, Yves.$tXXe siecle en U.R.S.S.

100  1#  $aSienkiewicz, Henryk,$d1846-1916.$tQuo vadis?

100  1#  $aKelterborn, Rudolf,$d1931-

400  1#  $aAshkenazi, Shemu el Yafeh,$d16th cent.

The name portion of a name/title field ends with a mark of punctuation.  The mark of punctuation is placed inside a closing quotation mark.

Examples:

100  1#  $aRavel, Maurice,$d1875-1937.$tSelections;$oarr.

100  0#  $aThomas$c(Anglo-Norman poet).$tRoman de Tristan.$lEnglish

100  0#  $aChristo,$d1935-$tSurrounded islands

100  0#  $aDemetrius,$cof Phaleron,$db. 350 B.C.$tDe elocutione.$lRussian

A name or title portion followed by a subject subdivision does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the name or title portion ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or open date.

Examples:

100  1#  $aSavoskin, Anatolij Nikolajev$xBibliography

100  1#  $aTatlin, Vladimir Evgrafovich,$d1885-1953.$tMonument to the Third International$xCopying

100  1#  $aCapote, Truman,$d1924-$xCriticism and interpretation

100  0#  $aAlexander,$cthe Great,$d356-323 B.C.$xArt