[osis-core] osisCore_Candiate_1.1_003 - 11 osisRef URLs
Harry Plantinga
osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:25:15 -0400
We currently have no way to make a simple hypertext
link using the osisRef system. We can make a <reference>,
but that's not a hypertext link. I propose we define
a URL syntax for osisRefs.
a) <a href="osis:Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
or, If you prefer more (and more distinctive) syntax,
b) <a href="osis://Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
I suppose an alternative would be to add an osisRef attribute
to the a element, so you could write
c) <a osisRef="Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
In the first two examples, osis: is the protocal name, like
http or ftp. Processing software would presumably convert
such links to regular http:// URLs in the conversion from
OSIS to HTML.
What needs to be done?
- pick a syntax
- document it
- for option a or b, figure out if it is possible to
'register' the osis: protocol name
- patch netscape to handle such URLs (maybe somewhat later)
-Harry