calendar

Calendar

Name of the calendar used in naming a date such as a publication date, for example, “Gregorian”, “Japanese” (Emperor years), or “Thai Buddha”.

Usage

In this Tag Set, many of the date elements, such as <pub-date> and <year>, may take a @calendar attribute to indicate the calendar in which the date is given. For example, a calendar might be named as:
  • Arabic-Hijrah
  • Chinese
  • English-Hijrah
  • Gregorian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Persian
  • ROC-official
  • Thai-Buddha
Here is an example of a year and calendar in Pinyin:
<year calendar="Nónglì">Guisi</year>
Neither a date nor a calendar need be stated in English. The element that holds the @calendar attribute may also take an @xml:lang attribute to name the language or script of the element content. For example, here is a year from the traditional Chinese calendar, in which both the @calendar and the year itself are given in Chinese:
<year xml:lang="zh" calendar="農曆">癸巳</year>

Used on these Elements:

ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersName of the calendar used in the date, for example: “Gregorian”, “Japanese”, or “Chinese
Restriction@calendar is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example

    ...
<date date-type="received" calendar="Japanese"
iso-8601-date="2013-07-01"><day>1</day>
<month>7</month>
<year>25</year><era>昭和</era>
</date>
...