Re: [EXTERNAL] [jats-list] Title language in multilingual documents

["Chandi Perera cperera@xxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chiara,

  For the translated titles have you considered using the
<trans-title-group> and <trans-title>  see
https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/extensions/bits/tag-library/2.0/element/trans-title.html



This way your primary publication language will be the <title> and
translations will be in <trans-title>.  If it is a multi-lingual
publication, it is an editorial policy decision on what becomes the <title>
vs. the <trans-title>



Chandi



*From:* Chiara Del Vescovo chiara.delvescovo@xxxxxxx <
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*Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [jats-list] Title language in multilingual documents



Hi all,

I'm a first-time poster, relatively new to JATS and BITS. I searched in the
archive, but the most relevant result is
https://www.biglist.com/lists/lists.mulberrytech.com/jats-list/archives/202205/msg00009.html
which
doesn't completely address my concerns.

At OUP, we're implementing multilingual documents to comply with the
European Accessibility Act, that aims to remove barriers and ensure equal
access to people with disabilities. One of the requirements is to allow
screen readers to use the correct pronunciation for words in any languages.
However, in BITS 2.1 there are elements that don't allow for an xml:lang
attribute (e.g. <title> and related elements), and that in theory inherit
the original language of the document (see
https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/extensions/bits/tag-library/2.1/element/title.html).
The question here is: how can we determine the language of a title when the
language attribute is "mul"?