Re: [jats-list] name-alternatives and CJK author names

["Nikos Markantonatos nikos@xxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sasha.

The entire point behind the introduction of <name-alternatives> in a 
multi-lingual author representation as in the example you showed is the 
semantic distinction that these two different names actually refer to a 
single contributor in two different languages.

Otherwise, an XML consumer down the line would have no way to tell 
whether the XML erroneously includes two distinct contributors under a 
single <contrib> element, or simply omitted the <name-alternatives> wrapper.

Nikos

On 12/21/22 5:22 PM, Alexander Schwarzman aschwarzman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My organization is going to allow Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) 
> authors to have an option to display their names in their native 
> languages, in addition to displaying them in English. JATS, of course, 
> has the <name-alternatives> element for that. However, with so muchB  
> composition software and processes thatB have been working without 
> <name-alternatives>, it is a bit disruptive to introduce an additional 
> element in the contrib/name hierarchy.
>
> Assuming thatB B each <contrib> element contains information about only 
> one contributor, what would be the harm of omitting the 
> <name-alternatives> element altogether?
>
> E.g.,
> <contrib-group>
> <contrib>
> <name>
> <surname>Cheng</surname>
> <given-names>Yongxin</given-names>
> </name>
> <string-name name-style="eastern" 
> xml:lang="zh">&#x7A0B;&#x6C38;&#x946B;</string-name>
> </contrib>
> <contrib>
> <name>
> <surname>Yang</surname>
> <given-names>Xingqi</given-names>
> </name>
> <string-name name-style="eastern" 
> xml:lang="zh">&#x6768;&#x5174;&#x542F;</string-name>
> </contrib>
> </contrib-group>
>
> In other words, what would be the negative consequences of not using 
> <name-alternatives>?
>
> Thank you,
> Alexander ('Sasha') Schwarzman
> Content Technology Architect
> Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
> aschwarzman@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:aschwarzman@xxxxxxxxxx>
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