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 not 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>

With these Elements

<access-date>, <conf-date>, <date>, <date-in-citation>, <pub-date>, <string-date>, <year>
Value Meaning
Text, numbers, or special characters. Name 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="1947-07-01"><day>1</day>
<month>7</month><year>22</year><era>昭和</era>
</date>
...