Comment Details - National Information Standards Organization

#00178 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	Add linking attributes to long-desc	State (Disposition)	New (Unresolved)
Date Added	2011-10-10 09:51:15	Last Updated	2011-10-10 09:51:17
Submitter Name	Debbie Lapeyre	Assigned To	Unassigned
Company Name	Mulberry Technologies, Inc.	Response	None
Interest Category	Supplier	Category	Substantive
Origin	Member	Section, Page, Line
Item		Item Description

Submitter Comment
The WEB 2 folks (who believe in URIs) request that the long description (element long-desc) NOT contain the actual description but merely a URI pointer to that description. Current library best practice is that the long-desc contain an actual description and not merely a URI. IT seems to me that JATS should be prepared to handle both a description and a link.

Submitter Comment

The WEB 2 folks (who believe in URIs) request that the long description (element long-desc) NOT contain the actual description but merely a URI pointer to that description. Current library best practice is that the long-desc contain an actual description and not merely a URI.

IT seems to me that JATS should be prepared to handle both a description and a link.

Submitter Proposed Solution
I do not believe that the text of long-desc element should contain the URI, because some screen reading software will read that text to the users, expecting a description. If the linking attributes were added to the long-desc element, it would be possible to provide the URI as a link instead of or in addition to the textual description content of the element.

Submitter Proposed Solution

I do not believe that the text of long-desc element should contain the URI, because some screen reading software will read that text to the users, expecting a description.

If the linking attributes were added to the long-desc element, it would be possible to provide the URI as a link instead of or in addition to the textual description content of the element.