Way to set language for articles in OJS Export

[EmreDan]

Hello, as I have checked from the XML file exported from the plugin, the language is set only per tag, not per <journal_article> tag. Is there a way to set the article languages in the settings, so that the CrossRef XML Export Plugin
exports also the language of the article to Crossref, and to their partners through them.

[fgnievinski]

the language is set only per tag

you mean, the language is set only per author tag? that's what I've been able to confirm, e.g.:
https://doi.crossref.org/servlet/[email protected]&id=10.14393/rbcv74n3-60846&format=info

it's set in ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.php:
https://github.com/pkp/crossref-ojs/blob/main/filter/ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.php#L162

[fgnievinski]

Is there a way to set the article languages in the settings, so that the CrossRef XML Export Plugin exports also the language of the article to Crossref,

an easier solution would be to keep grabbing the metadata only in the submission primary language. then implementing support for setting the article's language attribute during the crossref export.

currently, with language attribute unset, I'm afraid it might be assumed as English upstream. though the specification doesn't explicitly define a default value "en":
https://data.crossref.org/reports/help/schema_doc/5.3.1/common5_3_1_xsd.html#language.atts_language

if the editor/admin wants to change the submission primary language, they can always use the quicksubmit plugin (or wait for pkp/pkp-lib#5502).

[fgnievinski]

I've confirmed the language attribute can be set preferably at both journal level and article level, and possibly also at the title level (especially with multilingual metadata), as per CrossRef support forum, e.g.:

<journal>
  <journal_metadata language="fr">
    <full_title>Revue scientifique</full_title>
  </journal_metadata>
  <journal_article publication_type="full_text" language="fr">
    <titles language="fr">
      <title>Quand vos meilleures métadonnées ne suffisent pas: travailler avec une spécification imparfaite</title>
    </titles>
    <titles language="en">
      <title>When your best metadata isn't good enough: working with an imperfect specification</title>
    </titles>
  </journal_metadata>
</journal>

[bozana]

Currently the article metadata are exported in the article primary language. Thus, do I understand it correctly, that the goal/requirement here is to export all metadata, in all languages, but to define the article primary language using the language attribute in the journal_article element? Is only Crossref export topic of this issue?

[bozana]

@ajnyga, because this issue is assigned to CRAFT OA: is the issue maybe solved with pkp/pkp-lib#9126? And if not, what else would be needed? Thanks a lot!

[bozana]

@ajnyga, now I saw/read the CRAFT OA document considering this issue. I would suggest to open a new issue for that part of the CRAFT OA package in pkp-lib/issues/ because this issue is only opened for Crossref (repository/plugin) and in the project it seems you will investigate also other services/places in the code.

[fgnievinski]

Thus, do I understand it correctly, that the goal/requirement here is to export all metadata, in all languages, but to define the article primary language using the language attribute in the journal_article element?

dear @bozana originally I had suggested a gradual approach: first to make more explicit in the metadata which single language is being exported; then, later, support exporting metadata containing multiple languages.

but now I believe the present issue is already fully resolved, given the great work at pkp/pkp-lib#9126.