[osis-core] OSIS work regex

[Todd Tillinghast]

I think I am clear now on the proposal.

Although we don't intend to use our ids as XML IDs, by allowing a
leading "_" we preclude others from using the same syntax/form and set
of identifiers in other implementations.  This weakens our standard. 

I hope that encoders other than those encoding OSIS documents would use
identifiers that are of the same "currency" as our references and
identifiers.  By elimination the option for those identifiers to XML IDs
we limit the possibility for wider adoption, influence and
interoperability with OSIS document.

Todd

> 
> Todd,
> 
> I don't think Harry meant "_" as an extra delimiter (in the same sense
> as "." is a delimiter in our syntax but more as a name character in
> writing customary citations of names. It is in a sense a delimiter but
> as part of the name to be matched as a string and not a delimiter.
(Does
> that make any sense at all? Perhaps Harry can state what he meant more
> clearly. ;-)
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> 
> >What extra value does the "_" give us?
> >
> >Are you proposing Bible_.TEV_ ?
> >
> >Or just that "_" would be an option as in
> >Bible.Todd_New_And_Different_Reference_System ?
> >
> >I can see "_" as an allowable character as long as it is not the
leading
> >character but don't see any value in having it as an additional
> >delimiter to ".".
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
> >>core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Harry Plantinga
> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:26 AM
> >>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> >>Subject: RE: [osis-core] OSIS work regex
> >>
> >>If schema RegExps behave as they do in Perl, the ? is superfluous.
> >>Perhaps
> >>
> >>  [\L\N][\.\L\N]*
> >>
> >>The underscore character (_) is pretty commonly used in names and
may
> >>
> >be
> >
> >>present in documents converted to OSIS. I can't see that it would do
> >>
> >any
> >
> >>harm. Could it be included?  Perhaps
> >>
> >> [\L\N_][\.\L\N_]*
> >>
> >>-Harry
> >>
> >>----------------------------------
> >>For the work portion:
> >>
> >><xs:pattern value = "([\L\N\.]([\L\N\.]*)?)" />
> >>
> >>By which I am trying to say, any letter or number combination,
> >>
> >followed
> >
> >>by a period is complusory, followed by any number of optional
> >>letter/number combinations that also end in a period (periods,
> >>
> >hyphens,
> >
> >>etc., being excluded from the work name).
> >>
> >
> 
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> pdurusau@emory.edu
> 
>