RE: [newsml-2] Re: People's names

> >> An example is:
> >>
> >>   <name rendition="rnd:pronounce">Koizumi Jun'ichirō</name>
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better to use IPA here ? Reading this the French "way"
> > will not produce anything close to the Japanese original.
> >
> > Jean-Christophe Helary
> 
> I'm not sure what the broader context of this discussion is, but if I can
> add my opinion, I agree with Mr. Helary.  How this string is pronounced
> depends on the reader's language and tend to be *very* different from
> the original pronounciation of the name.  

Hi, note that a complementary xml:lang attribute is to be supported by the name element. The pronunciation would be inflected by this language indication. Sorry we did not add this information in the previous post.
> 
> If practicality is more important than accuracy, however, then the spec
> should require the lang attribute to specify the language, rules of which
> should apply to read this string.  The spec should allow multiple entries:
> <name rendition="rnd:pronounce" lang="en">Koizumi Jun'ichirō</name>
> <name rendition="rnd:pronounce" lang="ja">こいずみ じゅんいちろう</name>
> 

This is exactly what is planned. I'm happy to see that this solution is therefore supported.

Laurent Le Meur
IPTC NewsML2 Architecture chair.



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Received on Tuesday, 21 February 2006 17:25:06 UTC