[jats-list] Re: Best practice for parallel texts

["Lizzi, Vincent vincent.lizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Denis,

Parallel texts that require side by side presentation can tagged using tables
or using <array>. Some display and layout systems support multicolumn
presentation in different ways so there might be more options available.

There is a proposal for future versions of JATS to add attributes for texts
that are in more than one language, which I presented at JATS-Con. The
proposal introduces new attributes that can connect associated content
together in a group and identify each member of the group. For example a
paragraph that is in Spanish with a parallel paragraph in English could be
tagged using lang attributes:

<p id="p0001" lang-group="p0001" xml:lang="es" lang-variant="original"
lang-focus="custom" lang-focus-custom="parallel-first">...</p>

<p lang-group="p0001" xml:lang="en" lang-variant="translation"
lang-focus="custom" lang-focus-custom="parallel-second">...</p>

A display system could be built to use the semantic relationships that are
tagged in the lang* attributes to produce a side by side presentation.
Alternatively, <p> elements with lang* attributes could be placed inside table
cells for a side by side presentation using existing display systems. You can
read the proposal at
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK579699/?report=classic. I'm interested
in any feedback. Would the lang* attributes would be useful for what you are
trying to achieve?

Kind regards,
Vincent

_____________________________________________
Vincent M. Lizzi
Head of Information Standards | Taylor & Francis Group
vincent.lizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vincent.lizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Hi everyone
I'm wondering how you generally tag parallel textx. I usually use tables for
this, but maybe there is something better?
Best,
Denis
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