[jats-list] inline code vs monospace in JATS

["Castedo Ellerman castedo@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good day JATS party,

Is there existing practice for a JATS element/attribute that makes a 
distinction in an inline context for the distinction made in a block 
context by JATS <preformat> vs JATS <code>?

I am researching existing practice on how JATS <monospace>, <preformat>, 
and <code> are presented. My main sources are:

* jats.nlm.nih.gov,

* testing XML in the PMC Article Previewer, and

* searching XML in the PMC Open Access Subset to see how interesting XML 
cases are presented by PubMed Central in HTML.

Based on my sources, it seems that JATS <code> is presented as a block 
element, unlike HTML <code>. So JATS <code> can not appear inline, but 
only as a block element (unlike HTML <code>).

My current plan is to make this distinction using the <monospace 
specific-use="code"> element and attribute value, but I have not seen 
that be used. I have only seen <monospace specific-use="wrap"> and 
specific-use="no-wrap" so far in my ~100K sample from the PMC Open 
Access Subset.

Is there any reason to do something other than <monospace 
specific-use="code">?

In PMC HTML, the JATS <preformat> and JATS <monospace> present in 
matching minimal HTML styling (just monospace) for block and inline 
HTML, respectively. The idea in my application is that JATS <code> and 
JATS <monospace specific-use="code"> also present in matching HTML 
styling for block and inline HTML, respectively. This "code" styling is 
optionally "heavier" (more "ink") than just monospace and can vary to be 
like the styling of code text in applications like Wikipedia, GitHub, 
and Bootstrap CSS (change of background, color, and/or border).

Thank you,
\xA0 Castedo