Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

name

Name (Private Character)

This attribute is used for use with <private-char>, to contain the unique name for the private character being defined.

Remarks

For Character Description: The @name attribute for a defined private character <private-char> provides a Unicode-style name (an all uppercase name) for the private character, for example, “COMBINING CYRILLIC PALATALIZATION”. In contrast, the @description attribute for a defined private character <private-char> provides a rough visual description, for example, “combining vertical tilde”.

With the Element

<private-char>
Value Meaning
Text, numbers, or special characters For use with <private-char>, supplies the name of the character being defined. By convention, this character should be named in a fashion similar to names found in the Unicode Standard (for example, in all uppercase ASCII, “NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST ARROW”).
Restriction: @name is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example 


...
<private-char name="NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST ARROW" description="Arrow,
normal weight, single line, two-headed, Northwest to Southeast">
<glyph-data id="NWSEArr" format="PBM" resolution="300"
x-size="34" y-size="34">
 ...</glyph-data></private-char>
...

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

Version of December 2014

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