Re: [jats-list] how to describe <collab> in multiple languages

[Bruce Rosenblum <bruce@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is a great question from Soichi, and thanks for the proposed 
models, Debbie.

My instinct is to recommend your first version

        name-alternatives  (collab | name | string-name)+

because there are cases of articles where the author list includes 
authors, then one or more collabs, and then more authors, and the 
order is important. Your first version supports this, but not the 
second, and possibly not the third (depends on how the surrounding 
model is built)

Bruce

At 08:09 PM 7/4/2011, Debbie Lapeyre wrote:
> Dear All--
>
> > Can <name-alternatives> be changed to contain <collab> in it?
>
> This is an interesting request. I can understand wanting a <collab>
> in multiple languages or multiple scripts, but I am a little
> uncertain that just adding <collab> is the way to go:
>
> Can a <name> or a <string-name> ever be an alternative for
> a <collab>? Or, if you used multiple collaborations would it always
> be with other <collab>s?
>
> So I ask the group:
>
>  - Would it be better to just allow any mix (these are NOT
>    enforcing Tag Sets after all):
>
>      name-alternatives  (collab | name | string-name)+
>
>  - Or to try to restrict the usage:
>
>      name-alternatives  (collab+ | (name | string-name)+ )
>
>  - Or to give <collab> its own alternatives:
>
>      collab-alternatives  (collab+)
>
>  - Or something else entirely?
>
> What say you all?
>
> --Debbie
>
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