Abbreviations - expand or copy as written?
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Do we expand abbreviations (Hwy, Blvd, mi., elev etc) or transcribe them as written? I've been doing exactly as written, just starting to wonder if that is the right thing to do.
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CTidwell3
They have usually asked that we type them as written. They can always do database updates after the fact and create a cleansed version of the digital data, but transcribing them as-is is more likely to create matches, since many will never even ask this question and transcribe as-is. Any data translated into expanded forms of the abbreviation would not match initially, causing a record that might otherwise have 3-4 users supplying identical transcription inputs to only have 1-2.
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Whew 😃 Thanks! Maybe an FAQ for this kind of thing?
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bthiers
That is a good idea -- we should definitely comb through the questions and set up and FAQ
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