Subject: Re: [jats-list] @xml:lang on <related-article> From: "B Tommie Usdin btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:55:22 -0000 |
Hi Laura b I understand your requirement and your reasoning. The language code in xml:lang applies to the content of the element, not to the subject matter of it. Putting xml:lang=bdeb would say that the citation or link is in German, not that the document being described is in German. I suggest instead that you include in the content of the <related-article>, in addition to the regular citation structures, a note that says something like bin Germanb. b Tommie > On 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 > ________________________ > Laura Randall > laura.randall@xxxxxxx > NCBI/NLM/NIH > ====================================================================== B. Tommie Usdin mailto:btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. https://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: 301/315-9631 Suite 207 Direct Line: 301/315-9634 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in XML and SGML ======================================================================
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