[I apologize if this comes across twice, it appears my first attempt
was rejected]

I second Dan's suggestion - using an element with @script attribute
for each original/transliteration of a name (vel sim.). Not only does
this not privilege one 'version' over the other, it also allows for
more than two 'versions', multiple possible transliterations into
scripts other than the roman script.

Dot

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Dan Matei<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Stroop <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:46:42 -0400
>
>> In the past I thought a common parent element the wrapped the two
>> elements that share the same data might be a possibility.  That approach
>> would probably constitute a pretty major schema change.  Here's another
>> idea, which I think I like more: what about a global @romanization?  I
>>
>> So, for example:
>>
>> <name type="personal" authority="naf" script="Arab" lang="ara">
>>    <namePart romanization="Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad">طوسي، نصير الدين
>> محمد بن محمد</namePart>
>>    <namePart type="date">1201-1274</namePart>
>>    <role>
>>       <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">aut</roleTerm>
>>    </role>
>> </name>
>>
>
> I would prefer:
>
> <name type="personal" authority="naf" script="Arab" lang="ara">
>    <namePart>
>        <version script="Arabic">طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد</version>
>        <version script="Latin" transliterationStandard="?">Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad</version>
>    </namePart>
>    <role>
>       <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">aut</roleTerm>
>    </role>
> </name>
>
> In this way: a) no (even more) privileged position for the Latin script, b) the transliteration standard is revealed.
>
>>
>> -Jon
>
> Dan Matei
>
>
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