[jsword-devel] Is the OSIS ID from the XML guaranteed to be the same as getOsisID()

[Chris Burrell]

Great! Very helpful. The safest way to compare two verses' OSIS IDS is
therefore to use the parser.

Chris



On 6 July 2013 11:53, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:

> Well, I take that back. Its not quite that simple.
>
> For a verse, an OSIS ID in its simplest form consists of a book name (b),
> chapter (c) and verse (v) as either b, b.c, b.c.v or b.v (in the case of
> single chapter books). Also, b is from a fixed list of case sensitive
> values.
>
> This is what JSword supports for a verse.
>
> The OSIS ID can be prefixed with other stuff, typically denoting type of
> work, module and possibly language/country. These are not expected by
> JSword at this time. Some examples:
> KJV.b.c.v
> Bible.KJV.b.c.v
> Bible.en_UK.NASB.b.c.v
>
> And an OSIS ID can be suffixed with an indicator that a verse is in part.
> IIRC, this is called a grain and is separated from the v by a !. There are
> various forms of this. I think JSword strips off the ! and what follows.
>
> Also, an OSIS ID can be a space separated list of the above to represent a
> range, as in:
> Gen.1.1 Gen.1.2 Gen.1.3
>
> JSword (and SWORD) don't assume that the content of an OSIS ID is properly
> formed, but pass the content thru a general purpose passage parser.
>
> In Him,
> DM
>
> On Jul 6, 2013, at 6:18 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
>
> I don't have a bug in mind. I just wasn't sure how the module was encoded
> and if there were any checks there.
>
>
> On 6 July 2013 11:15, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
>
>> It is meant to be. It's a bug otherwise. But it may be a bug in the XML.
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2013, at 5:09 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Just wondering if when parsing the XML and reading off the OSIS ID from
>> the various verses. Is that guaranteed to be the same as when we use the
>> Key Iteratory, with key.getOsisID()?
>> >
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
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