Spacing in X00 Fields (X00 Personal Names - General Information - Input Conventions)

Adjacent personal name initials/letters or an abbreviation for a name and an adjacent name or initial/letter are separated by one space.

Examples:

100 1#$aHyatt, J. B.

100 1#$aFlam, F. A.$q(Floyd A.)

700 1#$aEnschedé, Ch. J.

100 1#$aGorbanev, R. V.$q(Rostislav Vasil´evich)

No spaces are used in initials/letters that do not represent personal names. An abbreviation consisting of more than a single letter is separated from preceding and succeeding words or initials/letters by one space.

Examples:

100 0#$aCuthbert,$cFather, O.S.F.C.,$d1866-1939.

100 1#$aSharma, S. K.,$cM.P.H.

A name portion containing an open-ended date ends with one space when it is followed by a subject subdivision portion.

Examples:

600 10$aFord, Gerald R.,$d1913- $xAssassination attempt, 1975 (September 5)

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