Re: [jats-list] @xml:lang on <related-article>

["Mark Donoghue m.donoghue@xxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Laura,

I found this article helpful when considering your situation:
https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-when-xmllang

I happen to agree with the article in that the proposed use should be
avoided -- meaning, you should avoid using xml:lang to indicate the
language of the related article.

Would be interested to hear your thoughts.

-Mark
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 8:39 AM Randall, Laura (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]
laura.randall@xxxxxxx <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, all.
> I have a situation where I have the English language version of an article
> that was also published in German. I want to include a related-article in
> the one I have that points to the German-language version of the article,
> so I'm using <related-article>. Along with the citation of the German
> article, I would *like* to be able to record its language so I can build a
> link that identifies the language as part of the citation (for user
> convenience).
>
> I'm wondering if I can use the xml:lang attribute on the related-article
> element to do this.
>
> Now before ya'll grab your pitchforks and yell 'TAG ABUSER', hear me out.
>
> Definition of related-article:
> Description of a journal article related to the content but published
> separately. May include a link to the related article.
>
> Definition of xml:lang:
> The language of the intellectual content of the element for which this is
> an attribute.
>
> So the official definition of related-article says it is a description of
> another journal article and xml:lang says it specifies the language of the
> intellectual content of the element. "The element" in this case describes
> the target article, so my possibly twisted (out of desperation this time)
> take on this is that in the same way the vol and page attributes describe
> the volume and page of the target, so, too, should the xml:lang describe
> the target.
>
> I'm like 99.99% positive that the Standing Committee didn't consider this
> use when they(we) added xml:lang everywhere, but I think this follows the
> rules and definitions.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks (and sorry),
> Laura
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> Laura Randall
> laura.randall@xxxxxxx
> NCBI/NLM/NIH