| CONTENTS | 6 |
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| Introduction | 12 |
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| A General Chapter | 20 |
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| A.1 Scope, purpose and use | 20 |
| A.2 Treatment of resources | 21 |
| A.3 Outline of the ISBD and punctuation | 29 |
| A.4 Sources of information | 38 |
| A.5 Language and script of the description | 44 |
| A.6 Abridgements and abbreviations | 45 |
| A.7 Capitalization | 46 |
| A.8 Misprints | 47 |
| A.9 Symbols, etc. | 49 |
| A.10 Imperfections | 49 |
| A.11 Examples | 50 |
| SPECIFICATION OF ELEMENTS | 52 |
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| 0 Content form and media type area | 52 |
| 0.1 Content form | 54 |
| 0.2 Media type | 58 |
| 1 Title and statement of responsibility area | 62 |
| 1.1 Title proper | 64 |
| 1.2 Parallel title | 78 |
| 1.3 Other title information | 84 |
| 1.4 Statement of responsibility | 93 |
| 2 Edition area | 112 |
| 2.1 Edition statement | 114 |
| 2.2 Parallel edition statement | 120 |
| 2.3 Statement of responsibility relating to the edition | 122 |
| 2.4 Additional edition statement | 123 |
| 2.5 Statement of responsibility relating to an additional edition statement | 124 |
| 3 Material or type of resource specific area | 126 |
| 3.1 Mathematical data (Cartographic resources) | 128 |
| 3.2 Music format statement (Notated music) | 134 |
| 3.3 Numbering (Serials) | 136 |
| 4 Publication, production, distribution, etc., area | 142 |
| 4.1 Place of publication, production and/or distribution | 146 |
| 4.2 Name of publisher, producer and/or distributor | 154 |
| 4.3 Date of publication, production and/or distribution | 164 |
| 4.4 Place of printing or manufacture | 172 |
| 4.5 Name of printer or manufacturer | 174 |
| 4.6 Date of printing or manufacture | 175 |
| 5 Material description area | 176 |
| 5.1 Extent | 178 |
| 5.2 Other physical details | 190 |
| 5.3 Dimensions | 196 |
| 5.4 Accompanying material statement | 202 |
| 6 Series and multipart monographic resource area | 204 |
| 6.1 Title proper of a series or multipart monographic resource | 207 |
| 6.2 Parallel title of a series or multipart monographic resource | 208 |
| 6.3 Other title information of a series or multipart monographic resource | 210 |
| 6.4 Statement of responsibility relating to a series or multipart monographic resource | 212 |
| 6.5 International standard number of a series or multipart monographic resource | 214 |
| 6.6 Numbering within a series or multipart monographic resource | 215 |
| 7 Note area | 218 |
| 7.0 Notes on the content form and media type area and for special types of material | 220 |
| 7.1 Notes on the title and statement of responsibility area | 222 |
| 7.2 Notes on the edition area and the bibliographic history of the resource | 230 |
| 7.3 Notes on the material or type of resource specific area | 238 |
| 7.4 Notes on the publication, production, distribution, etc., area | 242 |
| 7.5 Notes on the material description area | 244 |
| 7.6 Notes on the series and multipart monographic resources area | 246 |
| 7.7 Notes relating to the contents | 248 |
| 7.8 Notes on the resource identifier and terms of availability area | 252 |
| 7.9 Notes on the issue, part, iteration, etc., that forms the basis of the description | 254 |
| 7.10 Other notes | 256 |
| 7.11 Notes relating to the copy in hand | 258 |
| 8 Resource identifier and terms of availability area | 260 |
| 8.1 Resource Identifier | 262 |
| 8.2 Key title (Continuing resources) | 265 |
| 8.3 Terms of availability | 266 |
| Appendices | 268 |
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| Appendix A: Multilevel description | 270 |
| Appendix B: Bi-directional records | 272 |
| Appendix C: Bibliography | 274 |
| Appendix D: Abbreviations | 276 |
| Appendix E: Glossary | 278 |
| Index | 300 |
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