Re: [jats-list] Computer algorithms

["dal dalapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Mar 13, 2018, at 11:48 AM, Mirko Janc mjanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Formatting of algorithms, especially of pseudo-code, is not properly
addressed in JATS. In several of our 16 journals at INFORMS (Institute for
Operations Research and the Management Sciences), we have many algorithms.
Many of therm are not pure code, so monospaced font is not an option. Authors
use bold for reserved words, and very often have quite heavy math expressions
in some of the lines. In addition, many require numbers in front of the "code"
lines, use vertical "sidebars" to group subroutines, and flush right fragments
as comments. We are getting around only by creating them as images from what
was typeset.

JATS <code> can handle the face markup, inline-graphics,
etc., enough for syntax coloring (some folks are doing that).

Flush right material might be <styled-content>, and
vertical lines might be achieved with milestones, but
these seem like a real stretch.

Vertical sidebars and cute multi-spanning curly braces are
not just not JATS, they are difficult in XML at all.
(reference MathML). I fear that these features take your
algorithms into the realm of "art" (images), as a flowchart
would be, for example.

XML is about structured markup, and works best in trees.
It is designed to separate format from content. There
are many times (tables, curly spanning braces) where format
and content are NOT separable.

sigh

bDebbie


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