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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/Remarks
In this Tag Set, many of the date elements, such as <conf-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>
OPTIONAL on many elements; click for list and usage
Value | Meaning |
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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. |