[osis-core] ID confusion

[Chris Little]

Harry Plantinga wrote:
>>So, for other texts, Josephus for example, do we need to allow other 
>>elements to have something like verseID that will allow them to have a 
>>canonical reference without overloading ID or should we simply overload 
>>ID and document it?
> 
> 
> Let's see. Suppose I have two different instances of Matthew 3:2 in my 
> document, one Greek and one English.
> 
> If these canonical identifiers like Matt.3.2 are also XML IDs, I wouldn't
> be able to mark both of them as being Matt.3.2.  Would I want to be able
> to re-use "Matt.3.2" like that?
> 
> I tend to think you wouldn't want to have two Matt.3.2's in your document;
> that would make it hard to get to the one you want. 
> 
> -Harry


But we need to allow for the two Mark.16.9's since a large number of 
Bibles include both.

--Chris