[osis-core] osisCore_Candidate.1.1_006 - 3 - elements that should have a splitID attribute

[Harry Plantinga]

ID is definitely needed on all elements.

lang is needed on all containers -- anything that may 
have text in another language.

type is definitely needed on all elements -- it's the only
way of tying formatting or processing to an element.  E.g.
<p type="chaptersummary">

subtype is a good thing to have on all elements as well. It's
a generic second type element.  We're finding it very useful
in converting ThML to OSIS because we may have elments with
types and with formatting classes.  E.g. <attribution class="c1">
might be converted to <p type="c1" subtype="attribution"> or 
some such.

In general, I don't mind having a set of global attributes
that apply to all or almost all elements. It makes the langauge
more regular and easier to deal with.  IF each element has a
different set of attributes, you can end up with zillions
of special cases in your processing code, and you will always
be looking up which elements can take an n attribute, or
a subtype, or whatever.

-Harry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org 
> [mailto:owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of 
> Todd Tillinghast
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:44 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: RE: [osis-core] osisCore_Candidate.1.1_006 - 3 - 
> elements that should have a splitID attribute
> 
> 
> The remaining attributes in globalAttributes by way of 
> commonAttributes are 
> ID
> lang
> type
> subType
> 
> I think many elements do not need all of these attributes.  
> 
> Is there anyone that would argue that all four of these 
> elements are needed on ALL of the elements that currently have them?
> 
> Todd
>