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:
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | Name of the calendar used in the date, for example, “Gregorian”. |
| 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>
...