[osis-core] markup guidelines

Troy A. Griffitts osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:51:28 -0700


Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> A more recent example:

...

That's the example for which I was originally looking.

Your alternalte still has quote OUTSIDE verse.  It still seems to me 
that the <q> is 'in' Ps.1.1.




> An alternative would be:
> <div osisID="Ps.1">
> 	<title type="x-head">True Happiness</title>
> 	<q type="x-blockQuote">
> 		<verse osisID="Ps.1.1">
> 			<lg splitID="LG-Ps.1-A">
> 				<l>Happy are those</verse></l>
> 				<l>who reject the advice of evil people,</l>
> 				<l>who do not follow the example of sinners</l>
> 				<l>or join those who have no use for God.</l>
> 			</lg>
> 		</verse>
> 		<verse osisID="Ps.1.2">
> 			<lg splitID="LG-Ps.1-A">
> 				<l>Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the <divineName
> type="yhwh">LORD</divineName>,</l>
> 				<l>and they study it day and night.</l>
> 			</lg>
> 		</verse>
> 		<verse osisID="Ps.1.3">
> 			<lg splitID="LG-Ps.1-A">
> 				<l><note type="x-xref" osisRef="Ps.1.3-Ps.1.3">
> 					<note type="x-link">
> 						<reference osisRef="Jer.17.8"/>
> 					</note>
> 				</note> They are like trees that grow beside a stream,</l>
> 				<l>that bear fruit at the right time,</l>
> 				<l>and whose leaves do not dry up.</l>
> 				<l>They succeed in everything they do.</l>
> 			</lg>
> 		</verse>
> 	</q>
> 	.....
> </div>
> 
> 
> Of course the other alternative is to use milestones for verse markers.
> 
> Does this help?
> 
> Does this still look troublesome to you?
> 
> Todd
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
>>[mailto:owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org]On Behalf Of Troy A.
>>Griffitts
>>Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 3:19 PM
>>To: osis-core
>>Subject: [osis-core] markup guidelines
>>
>>
>>I know I'm gonna have to deal with ALL KINDS of markup to this standard,
>>when I write code to handle OSIS, so I shouldn't complain about this,
>>but...  this isn't really the preferred way to markup osisIDs is it?
>>
>>old excerpt from Todd's example:
>>
>>
>><lineGroup>
>>	  <line>
>>     <verse osisID="Matt.13.14" segID="Matt.13.14@b" prev="Matt.13.14@a"
>>next="Matt.13.14@c">This people will listen and listen, but not
>>understand;</verse>
>>   </line>
>>   <line>
>>     <verse osisID="Matt.13.14" segID="Matt.13.14@c"
>>prev="Matt.13.14@b">they will look and look, but not see,</verse>
>>   </line>
>>   <line>
>>     <verse osisID="Matt.13.15" segID="Matt.13.15@a"
>>next="Matt.13.15@b">because their minds are dull,</verse>
>>   </line>
>>
>>...
>>
>></lineGroup>
>>
>>
>>maybe I'm thinking of things differently from the rest, but doesn't it
>>seem extraordinarily difficult to display 'Matt.13.14'?
>>
>>
>>Shouldn't the <lineGroup> and <line> be considered 'in' Matt.13.14?  It
>>sure seems to make more sense to put the <lineGroup> inside the <verse>
>>tag, and will make my life a while lot easier to process.
>>
>>	-Troy.
>>
>>
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