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Kaveh Bazargan kaveh at rivervalley.io
Fri Apr 19 16:36:31 CEST 2024


My preference is XML as source. The DTD is not that important. JATS is not
perfect but it is well embedded in publishing now so hard to change.

For at least 20 years the big publishers have specified "XML first". We
took it as automated XML to any other format (inc PDF). It's not easy,
especially if you want good pagination. But worth it in the long run.

Of course there is good XML and bad XML. e.g. JATS allows "mixed citation"
that can be any text as well as "element citation". The latter is fully
structured, but harder to format (e.g. automatic formatting on the fly. To
get around this some publications have element as well as mixed for each
reference. Then you are back to square one, where there is no format of
record even within the XML!!!

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 at 15:25, Norbert Preining <norbert at preining.info>
wrote:

> Hi Kaveh,
>
> On Fri, 19 Apr 2024, Kaveh Bazargan wrote:
> > Agree. I have suggested <https://rivervalley.io/format-of-record/> XML
> >
> > There is an unfortunate trend right now to use HTML. I think it is best
> for
> > accessibility but the source should be XML.
>
> Agreed here. While HTML is best for accessibility due to the huge amount
> of support (plugins, screen readers, ...), as core format XML (but then,
> what, JATS?) is strongly prefered.
>
> That is also what some publishing houses are doing.
>
> Best regards
>
> Norbert
>
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