[osis-core] Shadow milestones

[Patrick Durusau]

Steve,

Path of least resistance.

Milestone, like all other elements, has a type attribute. Could just say 
in prose if you want a shadow milestone, type it to be such.

Any serious problems with that approach?

Patrick

Steve DeRose wrote:

> At 04:18 PM -0400 07/02/02, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Steve DeRose wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> Can you say a word or two about "shadow milestones?" Understand 
>>>> that Bob needs/wants them and we agreed to provide but not sure how 
>>>> they differ from a regular milestone? Is this an attribute sort of 
>>>> thingy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No, basically he just wants a special milestone to drop in, typical 
>>> slightly earlier than the real start of chapter/verse/whatever, that 
>>> means 'If asked for this reference, scroll here instead of to the 
>>> actual place where the referenced text starts'. This is definitely 
>>> useful, though most people won't encode it.
>>>
>>> Actually, I wonder if this should be a processing instruction? 
>>> that's what it is conceptually.....
>>>
>> Would this be a case where I ask for Matthew.1.1 and it actually 
>> takes me to the start of Matthew.1 so I see the lead-in notes? As 
>> opposed to going directly to Matthew.1.1? (Some people might find 
>> that useful, I would find it annoying. ;-)
>
>
> RIght.
>
>
>>
>> So, <milestone osisID="S-Matt.1.1"> where the S- is used only in 
>> milestones to mark such locations? Seems easier than a special form 
>> of milestone.
>
>
> Except that it then complicates our reference syntax -- we have to 
> reserve 'S-" or something; and if the work is included you'd have to 
> parse down to it to get the "S-" anyway.
>
> How about either a 'type' on milestone, or a PI like:
>
>  <?osis:scrollTo osisID="Matt.1.1"?>
>
> It *is* a processing instruction (or hint), after all. Though I 
> suppose it has the downside that you have to have slightly more 
> specialized code to deal with it (like, CSS couldn't touch it; but 
> then it can't do much for links anyway).
>
>>
>> Would allow him to link some references to the actual Matt.1.1 and 
>> others to the shadow milestone.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> -- 
>> Patrick Durusau
>> Director of Research and Development
>> Society of Biblical Literature
>> pdurusau@emory.edu
>
>
>

-- 
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu