Name of the calendar used in naming a date such as a publication date, for example, “Gregorian”, “Japanese” (Emperor years), or “Thai Buddha”.
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:
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>
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters. | Name of the calendar used in the date, for example, “Gregorian”. |
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