[jats-list] Twitter handle as author contact

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

Hi all,

After tagging journal articles using JATS for more than four years, I have
encountered my first instance where an author has requested that their Twitter
handle be included as part of their "Address for correspondence" at the end of
the article. The organization I work for currently uses JATS Archiving v 1.1
(http://bjatsb.nlmb.nihb.govb/archivingb/tagb-libraryb/1b.1
b/indexb.html) for tagging.

Typically, I tag the full author contact information as follows within
<article-meta>:

<contrib contrib-type="author">
	<name>
		<surname>...</surname>
		<given-names>...</given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>...</aff>
	<address>
		<addr-line>...</addr-line>
		<country>...</country>
		<email>...</email>
	</address>
</contrib>

I do not want to add a Twitter handle as a <string-name> within
<name-alternatives> for the contributor because the Twitter handle is
ultimately transient and not something that should be attached to someone's
name. Has anyone found a good solution for this problem?

My initial thought was to use <email content-type="twitter-username"> or some
such since that helps to describe it as an item that is linked to a person and
not a property of someone's name. Our XSL will convert this to a proper
Twitter link and the print article would just display the Twitter handle. Of
course, <uri> is also available in <contrib> and could be used, too, since the
goal is to provide a direct link to their Twitter page from the online
content. A simple <uri xlink:type="Twitter"> might even be better.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Jen

jflintcreative.com