[osis-core] Re: Drop <q></q> and milestones for <q>?

[Eric and Allison Albright]

Hope this is soon enough to get back to you. We said that you can drop the
container <q> since it is syntacticly redundant with the milestone approach
<qStart/> <qEnd/> and there should be internal consistency. This led us to a
discussion that it would be equally feasible to use the linked containment
approach (there probabaly is a more appropriate term for this) rather than
the milestone approach. I don't remember that any resolution came out of
that discussion although it seemed that Steve was keen on that.

The milestone approach:
<vStart>Askdno soi di<qStart>skdn ndidlnf d<vEnd/><vStart/>skdn fkdn dkf
df<qEnd/> dkfn dkf<vEnd>

The same text using linked containment:
 <v>Askdno soi di<q id="a" next="b" split="true">skdn ndidlnf d</q></v><v><q
id="b" previous="a" split="true">skdn fkdn dkf df</q> dkfn dkf</v>

We added a number of elements that generally are rendered with quotation
marks but whose function is not quote (these are more likely to be found in
notes, introductions, etc).

Hope this helps,

Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Durusau" <pdurusau@emory.edu>
To: "osis-core" <osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org>; "Kees de Blois"
<kdeblois@biblesocieties.org>; <eric-allison_albright@sil.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Drop <q></q> and milestones for <q>?


> Kees and Troy in particular, Eric if you are checking your email:
>
> In Steve's notes from Rome there is a note about some reason why we can
> drop <q></q> either as an element and as milestones. Problem is that my
> memory is unclear as to why that is the case and Steve does not recall
> either. Seems to me we need some <q></q> like element, at least for use
> in notes, if not elsewhere. Would go into phrase group and have
> segmentation attributes (to deal with crossing boundaries).
>
> Can someone help my memory a little here?
>
> Or provide an argument that will make me realize loosing <q></q> was
> just a bad dream? ;-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patrick
>
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> pdurusau@emory.edu
>
>