[osis-core] Index Syntax

[Steve DeRose]

At 01:43 PM -0400 06/26/02, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>Harry,
>
>Still working on the current and a proposed revision of the pointer 
>syntax (which I think needs a bit more clarity) as well as 
>incorporating your observations and remarks.
>
>Since it (may!) be a simpler issue, what about the <index> element syntax?
>
>Steve suggested:
>
><index index-name='subjects' key1='sacrifices' key2='cows' 
>key3='preparation of'>...</index>
>
>To avoid any more overlapping problems than we have already, I would suggest:
>
>1. <index> be an empty element with attributes.
>
>Clarification: does index-name mean the type of index? subject 
>versus name versus geographic place? (Assume so but wanted to be 
>certain.) If that is the case then each index could hold only one 
>index-name/type along with associated keys but if it is an empty 
>element, suppose you could have as many as you liked at any point in 
>the text.

That's what I had in mind; I'm not sure which of Harry's attributes 
that corresponds to, but I imagine it does.

>
>Allow index to appear anywhere that milestone can appear?

Seems right.

>
>Comments, suggestions?
>
>Patrick
>
>--
>Patrick Durusau
>Director of Research and Development
>Society of Biblical Literature
>pdurusau@emory.edu


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