FW: [osis-core] osisCore_Candiate_1.1_003 - 12 - splitID

[Todd Tillinghast]

Yes, the rest is documentation.

Todd

> 
> Todd,
> 
> So other than changing to xs:string and redoing the documentation, no
> syntax changes to get the operation you describe?
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> 
> >Patrick,
> >
> <snip>
> 
> >
> >There are TWO purposes that we seem to be tring to accomplish with
> >splitID.
> >
> >The first is to provide a mechanism to extend the predominant
reference
> >system when an identifier from that system applies to MORE THAN ONE
> ><verse> element.  In this case the thing that is split is the logical
> >concept of the verse but there is NO overlapping hierarchy as far as
> >element go.
> >
> >The second case is where there are overlapping hierarchies and we
must
> >split what would be a single element into two (or more) elements so
that
> >elements from another hierarchy can hold their position in the XML
> >hierarchy.  In this case we need a mechanism independent from osisID
to
> >indicate that an element has been split as well as to match up the
> >pieces of the split element.  (If the splitID attribute is used as a
> >mechanism to extend a  reference system (as in the first case above)
> >then it will not be clear when an element has been split and when a
> >reference system is being extended.)
> >
> >PROPOSAL FOR SPLIT ELEMENTS DUE TO OVERLAPPING HIERARCHIES:
> >1) Use the splitID attribute to indicate that an element has been
split
> >due
> >to overlapping hierarchies of elements.
> >2) Have splitID be xs:string.
> >3) Have splitID be the exact same token for all pieces of the split
> >element.
> >4) Have the sequence of the split element be implied by their order
in
> >the document.
> >5) Have the splitID strategy be TOTALLY independent of osisID.
> >6) Put splitID attributes on the elements that can be split and not
in
> >globalAttributes. (div, q, verse, p, lineGroup, line, not sure if
there
> >are others)
> >
> >PROPOSAL FOR EXTENDING HIERARCHIES:
> >1) Not use splitID in any fashon
> >2.A) use the [] syntax to indicate a reference system extension OR
> >2.B) use the grain to accommodate reference system extension
> >
> <snip>
> 
> BTW, I am incorporating the new terms refSys[edition] into the current
> release (due later this morning). The more I think about your idea on
> that the better I like it. Quite clever actually.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> pdurusau@emory.edu
> 
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