[osis-core] Combine Front, body and back

Wed, 08 May 2002 18:23:02 -0400

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

>Below
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
>>core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 12:57 PM
>>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
>>Subject: [osis-core] Combine Front, body and back
>>
>>Todd,
>>
>>Todd Tillinghast wrote:
>>
>>>Since <front>, <body>, and <back> are identical why not create <part>
>>>(or some other name) and require 1+ instances and indicate what the
>>>
>part
>
>>>is by an attribute.
>>>
>>Hmmm, must admit it appeals to me but then I always thought div1,
>>
>div2,
>
>>div3, etc. was ugly and unprincipled. ;-)
>>
>
>I am not sure I am reading correctly on the div1, div2, ...  I would
>have the element that replaces <front>, <body>, and <back> have only one
>name.
>
Lame attempt at humor!

Agree you only meant one name, question is ease of use.

Patrick

>
>>Agree that it would make it more powerful for the collection of texts
>>idea. TEI handles it by allowing a teiCorpus element that surrounds
>>
>the
>
>>header/front/body/back of each work.
>>
>>Hmmm, comments, suggestions? (Yes, my suggestion preserves the very
>>distinction I said was without principle. ;-) But it does give people
>>
>a
>
>>familiar name for the various container. More of a comfort than
>>
>analysis
>
>>question.)
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>>
>>>The benefit would be if there were a collection of texts that would
>>>traditionally stand alone included in one document then they could
>>>
>all
>
>>>"naturally" be expressed.  For example a document with two or more
>>>complete Bibles in it one after the other.  Like sometimes you see
>>>instructions and user guide documents printed in several languages
>>>
>one
>
>>>after the other.  Another example is the complete works of
>>>
>Shakespeare,
>
>>>several individual works aggregated into a single document.
>>>
>>>Todd
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
>>>>core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:30 AM
>>>>To: osis-core; klowery
>>>>Subject: [osis-core] Highly Experimental! OSIS_PR_02!
>>>>
>>>>Greetings,
>>>>
>>>>Implemented some of the changes I suggested for your review. Note
>>>>
>that
>
>>>I
>>>
>>>>have also generated documentation without the annoying diagrams.
>>>>
>>>Useful
>>>
>>>>for HTML context but less so with the Word version. (Down to 30
>>>>
>>>pages!)
>>>
>>>>Chris: have not forgotten about your post! Reply to soon follow!
>>>>
>>>>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
>>
>>
>

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