Subject: Re: [jats-list] xlink:type From: "dal dalapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:10:08 -0000 |
Hi Mary When JATS was first written, it seemed likely that XLink was going to conquer the hypertext world and the web. So JATS built in ALL of the xlink: attributes (all namespaced) that the XLink spec uses to describe links: xmlns:xlink CDATA #IMPLIED xlink:type (simple) #IMPLIED xlink:href CDATA #REQUIRED xlink:role CDATA #IMPLIED xlink:title CDATA #IMPLIED xlink:show (embed | new | none | other | replace) #IMPLIED xlink:actuate (none | onLoad | onRequest | other) #IMPLIED All of these attributes are available on any element that is OR MIGHT BE a link. The values the XLink spec uses for xlink:type include simple and other values for complex multi-headed links, The JATS attribute was set to simple by default so that the complex link types would NOT be used for interchange until there was more agreement on how they worked. Fast forward 10 or 12 years and the bet on XLink looks a bit naive. Except in certain limited places, XLink never took off, and the HTML @href attribute is all anyone uses anymore. JATS @xlink:href can be translated directly in to @href. So, there is no current need for ANY of the xlink: attributes. Hope this helps. Debbie > On Sep 30, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Mary Seligy mary.seligy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi everyone: > > I have a question about @xlink:type. According to the JATS tag library documentation for both Green and Blue, this attribute appears to be completely unnecessary and optional unless it is in <mml:math>, and outside of <mml:math>, there's only one value that should be used for it anyway ("simple"). > > So does anyone know why this attribute is even available on any other element other than in <mml:math>? That is to say, what does it achieve if you use it? Does it facilitate anything for either humans or machines? > > Just wondering because our XML vendor sometimes applies @xlink:type and sometimes not. I'd like to pick a lane (so to speak) to be consistent, and I wanted to know more about it before deciding. > > Thanks! > > Mary > > Mary Seligy > Business Analyst, IT > Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press) > 65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203, Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6 > T: 613-656-9846 ext. 225 | F: 613-656-9838 > Websites: www.cdnscipub.com, www.nrcresearchpress.com > JATS-List info and archive > EasyUnsubscribe (by email) ================================================================ Deborah A Lapeyre mailto:dalapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: 301-315-9631 (USA) Suite 207 Fax: 301-315-8385 Rockville, MD 20850 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: Consultancy for XML, XSLT, and Schematron ================================================================
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