[jats-list] Ambiguity in <uri> definition

Subject: [jats-list] Ambiguity in <uri> definition
From: "Tony Graham" <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:56:19 -0000 (GMT)
The definition for <uri> in "Article Authoring Tag Library NISO JATS Draft
Version 1.1d1" is:

   Identifies a Uniform Resource Identifier (such as a URL)
   that may be used as a live link, typically naming a
   website, such as: <uri>http://www.mulberrytech.com</uri>).

"may be used as a live link", to my mind, implies that the example
"<uri>http://www.mulberrytech.com</uri>" is sufficient to make a 'live
link' in a styled output, but making it live requires uri/@xlink:href as
well.

That <uri> "may or may not be a traversable link" is discussed under
"Related Elements" without saying what makes a <uri> into a traversable
link, and none of the three examples show a uri/@xlink:href.

(There's also an unpaired ")" in the definition.)

FWIW, the current JATS Preview Stylesheets come at it from the other
direction and, for FO output at least, assume that uri/@xlink:href is
always present and will show the uri/@xlink:href value as the link's text
if the <uri> doesn't have a string value.

Regards,


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