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Comment #00162 - Add superscript to data model for given-names and surname - z39-96-dsftu-final.pdf

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Comment 162

New (Unresolved)

NISO Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite (Draft Standard for Trial Use) (Revision 0)

Comment Submitted by Lynn Murdock 2011-09-28 16:30:08	We have encountered authors who have superscript letters (thus far, only the letter "a") in their given names. We currently cannot accommodate this in the XML, since can't have children. We have not yet encountered this issue in , but since its occurrence may be possible, it might be good to extend the same logic to as to . This is apparently an abbreviation for Maria. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_indicator, the last section called Similar Conventions: Spanish uses the indicator letters in some abbreviations, such as Vº Bº for visto bueno ("approved"); and Mª for Maria, a Spanish name frequently used in compounds like José Mª. Supporting File: journal.pone.0016100.pdf

Comment Submitted by
Lynn Murdock
2011-09-28 16:30:08

We have encountered authors who have superscript letters (thus far, only the letter "a") in their given names. We currently cannot accommodate this in the XML, since can't have children. We have not yet encountered this issue in , but since its occurrence may be possible, it might be good to extend the same logic to as to .

This is apparently an abbreviation for Maria. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_indicator, the last section called Similar Conventions:
Spanish uses the indicator letters in some abbreviations, such as Vº Bº for visto bueno ("approved"); and Mª for Maria, a Spanish name frequently used in compounds like José Mª.

Supporting File:

journal.pone.0016100.pdf

Submitter Proposed Solution	Add as an optional child element of both and , like so: Munoz-Fernandez Ma Angeles

Submitter Proposed Solution

Add as an optional child element of both and , like so:

Munoz-Fernandez
Ma Angeles

Title	NISO Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite (Draft Standard for Trial Use)
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

Summary	Add superscript to data model for given-names and surname	State (Disposition)	New (Unresolved)
Date Added	2011-09-28 16:30:08	Last Updated	2011-09-28 16:30:08
Submitter Name	Lynn Murdock	Assigned To	Unassigned
Company Name	PLoS	Response	None
Interest Category		Category	N/A
Origin	Public Review	Section, Page, Line
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