[osis-core] When an osisID is not an osisID?

[Troy A. Griffitts]

To comment on my own, unclear post:


> My suggestion to NOT use osisRef to mark these does not preclude using 
> osisRef, e.g.
> 
> <verse beginOsisID="John.1.1" endOsisID="John.1.3">
> <reference osisRef="John.1.1-John.1.3">John 1:1-3</reference> In the 
> beginning...
> </verse>
> 
> but this does not satisfy the need for a mechanism to locate sections on 
> the document that 'contain' e.g. "John.1.1", for software.

This last statement should, instead say something like: this <reference> 
element, alone, does not satisfy the need for a mechanism to locate the 
section of the document that 'contains' e.g. "John.1.1".  Hence, the 
need for the <verse> element, in the example above, to do this.



>  We already 
> have this with osisID, and I think CEV should still be required to use 
> it, like all other Bibles are required to do.  This allows us to display 
> the CEV in our software like any other Bible, without any special 
> treatment.  Does that make sense?