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Comment #00158 - Support requested for Japanese text emphasis - z39-96-dsftu-final.pdf

Comment 158
New (Unresolved)
NISO Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite (Draft Standard for Trial Use) (Revision 0)
Comment Submitted by
Bruce Rosenblum
2011-09-22 06:10:07
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.

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