[osis-core] Eureka with respect to reference syntax!
Harry Plantinga
osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:38:48 -0400
> I think the core problem we are having with references and
> the related syntax are the following:
>
> 1) In most cases within most Bibles and most (if not all)
> references a single user EVERY encounters a SINGLE reference
> system for Bibles will exist.
>
> 2) It seems burdensome to force users to understand AND to
> specify a reference system will almost certainly be constant
> for ALL users they ever encounter.
This may be true for bibles, but we want our reference syntax
to work for a variety of documents. If osisRefs can point to
non-biblical documents, the syntax we come up with may be
different.
But your point that biblical references to a standard system
should be as simple as possible is a good one. If we call
the standard system "Bible" (since it should be a prefix of
Bible.LXX, etc) then perhaps we can make "Bible:" a
"default default" osisRef prefix. Then osisRef="Matt.1.1 Matt.1.2"
works as you wished. Of course, one would be able to
redefine the default osisRef prefix.
Note that in that case the default prefix for an osisID without
a refSystem: prefix is the current work's osisWork. The default
prefix for an osisRef would be Bible: unless otherwise specified.
-Harry