Subject: Re: [jats-list] xlink:type From: "Rhiannon Miller rhiannon.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:37:44 -0000 |
We use it as an easy way to distinguish DOI links from normal web links, to facilitate later internal processing. Rhiannon Prepress Projects Rhiannon Miller b" Programmes Manager +44 (0)1738 450489 > On 30 Sep 2016, at 14:19, 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 <http://cdnsciencepub.com/>, www.nrcresearchpress.com <http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/> > JATS-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/JATS/JATS-List/> > EasyUnsubscribe <-list/2748955> (by email <>)
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