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

["Jennifer Flint jen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sasha,

I am also an advocate of using <name-alternatives> because the <string-name> could otherwise be joined to the <name> when processing or viewed as a second author accidentally stored within a single <contrib> by external vendors. The <name-alternatives> element also allows you to create a mechanism to localize content if both the <name> and <string-name> element carry an xml:lang attribute that allows you to easily switch between displaying either when content is localized for the user.

Legacy systems and content are always difficult to shift, but I think it would be worth it in this case.

Jen

jflintcreative.com


On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, at 16:22, 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 much  composition software and processes that have been working without <name-alternatives>, it is a bit disruptive to introduce an additional element in the contrib/name hierarchy.
> 
> Assuming that  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
> 
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