Comment Details - National Information Standards Organization

#00158 Comment Details - z39-96-dsftu-final.pdf

Document Information
Title	NISO Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite
File Name	z39-96-dsftu-final.pdf	State	Final
Date Added	2011-03-30 07:39:41	Revision Number	0
Submitter Name	Cynthia Hodgson	Size	2MB

Comment Information
Summary	Support requested for Japanese text emphasis	State (Disposition)	New (Unresolved)
Date Added	2011-09-22 06:10:07	Last Updated	2011-09-22 06:10:08
Submitter Name	Bruce Rosenblum	Assigned To	Unassigned
Company Name	Inera Inc.	Response	None
Interest Category		Category	N/A
Origin	Public Review	Section, Page, Line
Item		Item Description

Submitter Comment
Emphasis in Japanese text is applied with dots, commas, or circles that may be above or below characters, or beside characters in vertical text layout. This is considered somewhat the equivalent of italic in English text. In RTF (Word Rich Text Format), this is supported with specific East Asian commands for dot-over, comma-over, circle-over, and dot-under. It cannot be properly modeled with the current italic element in JATS because there is not information about the character or position of the emphasis. Supporting File: dot_sample.doc

Submitter Comment

Emphasis in Japanese text is applied with dots, commas, or circles that may be above or below characters, or beside characters in vertical text layout. This is considered somewhat the equivalent of italic in English text. In RTF (Word Rich Text Format), this is supported with specific East Asian commands for dot-over, comma-over, circle-over, and dot-under. It cannot be properly modeled with the current italic element in JATS because there is not information about the character or position of the emphasis.

Supporting File:

dot_sample.doc

Submitter Proposed Solution
JATS adds specific use element to Italic, but this is not enough. So options for supporting this are: 1. Use specific-use in italic 2. Use named-content or styled-content 3. Add a new element to JATS for emphasis that does not specify the formatting of the emphasis. Give it specific-use, lang, and style attributes. 4. Add a lang attribute to italic, and recommend using both lang and specific-use to achieve the desired affect 5. Add both lang and style attributes to italic.

Submitter Proposed Solution

JATS adds specific use element to Italic, but this is not enough. So options for supporting this are:

1. Use specific-use in italic

2. Use named-content or styled-content

3. Add a new element to JATS for emphasis that does not specify the formatting of the emphasis. Give it specific-use, lang, and style attributes.

4. Add a lang attribute to italic, and recommend using both lang and specific-use to achieve the desired affect

5. Add both lang and style attributes to italic.