[osis-core] references and self-ids Part 1 - Assumptions/statements

[Todd Tillinghast]

We are on the same page.  Yes two different versions of the Bible.  You
might create a reference using the French reference system and specify
an English work that is based on a different reference system. 

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
> core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Harry Plantinga
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:55 AM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] references and self-ids Part 1 -
> Assumptions/statements
> 
> > >4) It is possible to create a reference to a specific work using a
> > >reference system that it does not support.  (The
> > >translation/transformation would be left to software to resolve.)
> > >
> > Not sure what this case would look like or perhaps I don't
understand
> > the statement. Is the reference system used to create the reference
not
> > supported by the specific work that is the target of the reference?
Ex.,
> > using KJV reference system to address portions of the Quran?
> 
> This would make sense for two different versions of the Bible -- e.g.
> bible.lxx
> and bible.kjv.  Maybe the notion here could be that the reference
systems
> are "compatible" whenever there is a translation defined between them,
and
> this is the case when they have the same prefix.
> 
> I'm not sure what to make of the notion of referring to one document
in
> another, unrelated reference system.
> 
> -Harry
>