[osis-core] One more round on osisID/osisRef!

[Patrick Durusau]

Troy,

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:

> I should further clarify that we use that syntax in HTML documents to 
> refer to a place in a document in our engine.  If you have click on 
> that  link in your favourite browser, and our software is installed, 
> it will launch our software and take you to the appropriate place.  
> Same with Bob's software.  Well, theoretically, anyway.  I've been 
> told it works on Windows with Internet Explorer.
>
>
> Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>
>>> Ah, but it conflicts with need to escape ":" in URI syntax (see 
>>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt, nice leisure reading to print 
>>> and take with you!) ;-)
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>> Actually, I don't think this is true.  In our software, we use:
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>> <a title="Jump to Passage in Sword" 
>> href="sword://KJV/Mark%202%3A5">Mark 2:5</a>
>
 From reading the RFC I was left with the impression that what you use 
is valid but:

href="sword://KJV/Mark:2" would not be. (note the second colon)

Looking back at the RFC, it appears I read too quickly because it 
appears they can appear as follows:

>2.2. Reserved Characters
>
>   Many URI include components consisting of or delimited by, certain
>   special characters.  These characters are called "reserved", since
>   their usage within the URI component is limited to their reserved
>   purpose.  If the data for a URI component would conflict with the
>   reserved purpose, then the conflicting data must be escaped before
>   forming the URI.
>
>      reserved    = ";" | "/" | "?" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" |
>                    "$" | ","
>
>   The "reserved" syntax class above refers to those characters that are
>   allowed within a URI, but which may not be allowed within a
>   particular component of the generic URI syntax; they are used as
>   delimiters of the components described in Section 3.
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So delimiting components with ":" would work but as part of a component not?

But as you say it is working so ....


Patrick



>>
>>
>> and Bob uses:
>>
>> <a title="Jump to Passage in Logos Bible Software Series X" 
>> href="libronixdls:keylink|ref=[en]bible:Ps%20119%3A12">Ps 119:12</a>
>>
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-- 
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu