<ruby>
Ruby Annotation Wrapper
Remarks
What is Ruby: A Ruby textual annotation is an annotation, typically
short, applied to a letter, word, phrase, or name that appears in narrative text. Ruby annotations
can indicate, for example, pronunciation advice, notes for translation, semantic annotations, etc.
Ruby is used with Japanese, for example, in Furigana, which typically uses Hiragana annotations on
Kanji base text. Ruby is also be used in Chinese Pīnyīn (a phonetic system for transcribing the
sound of Chinese characters into Latin script) as well as for some Korean names. In display or
print, the characters of a Ruby annotation are frequently placed above the characters they modify,
in parentheses after the characters they modify, or to the right of vertically set text.
Attributes
content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
Content Model
<!ELEMENT ruby %ruby-model; >
Expanded Content Model
(rb, rt)
Description
The following, in order:
This element may be contained in:
<addr-line>, <aff>, <alt-title>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <award-id>, <bold>, <chapter-title>, <chem-struct>, <code>, <collab>, <comment>, <compound-kwd-part>, <compound-subject-part>, <conf-theme>, <copyright-statement>, <corresp>, <data-title>, <def-head>, <disp-formula>, <element-citation>, <ext-link>, <fixed-case>, <funding-source>, <funding-statement>, <gov>, <inline-formula>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <italic>, <kwd>, <label>, <license-p>, <meta-value>, <mixed-citation>, <monospace>, <named-content>, <on-behalf-of>, <overline>, <p>, <part-title>, <preformat>, <price>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <role>, <roman>, <sans-serif>, <sc>, <series>, <series-text>, <series-title>, <sig>, <sig-block>, <source>, <std>, <strike>, <styled-content>, <sub>, <subject>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <supplement>, <target>, <td>, <term>, <term-head>, <textual-form>, <th>, <title>, <trans-source>, <trans-subtitle>, <trans-title>, <underline>, <verse-line>, <xref>
Example 1
... <p>... 畿内や西日本一帯では<ruby><rb>麦</rb> <rt>むぎ</rt></ruby>を<ruby><rb>裏</rb><rt>うら</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>作</rb><rt>さく</rt></ruby>とする二毛作が普及していった。 ...</p> ...
Example 2
... <p>... あの<ruby><rb>ロンドン警視庁</rb> <rt xml:lang="en">Scotland Yard</rt></ruby>は霧の中に隠れていた。 or あの<ruby><rb>ロンドン警視庁</rb> <rt xml:lang="ja">ろんどんけいしちょう</rt> </ruby>は霧の中に隠れていた。 ...</p> ...
Example 3
... <p>In the midst of the document text, we find: <ruby><rb>多武峰</rb><rt>とうのみね</rt></ruby>, and yet another example: <ruby><rb>汉</rb><rt>hàn</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>字</rb><rt>zì</rt></ruby>. </p> ...