[osis-core] <lb> element - did we make a mistake when we added it?

[Todd Tillinghast]

Chris,

What do you mean by "orthographic" lines?  Can you give a few examples?

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core-
> admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Chris Little
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:47 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] <lb> element - did we make a mistake when we
> added it?
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> 
> ><snip>
> >
> >
> >
> >>I don't think marking linebreaks (in addition to the lines
themselves)
> >>in poetry is a common occurrence at all.  I've never seen it outside
> >>
> >>
> >of
> >
> >
> >>the CEV, and I think that occurrence is arguably bad practice,
though
> >>it's not our place to fix the translators' mistakes.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I agree that it is a more rare case and that my perspective is
> >influenced by spending time with the CEV.
> >
> >If it is RARE then we should consider REMOVING <lb/> and forcing the
CEV
> >(who may likely be the sole user of the <lb/> element) to use
<milestone
> >type="line"/> and admit that we were unduly influenced by a single
text
> >at the time of the meeting.
> >
> >
> Well, we didn't necessarily make a mistake by adding <lb/>.  I really
> think it's reasonable to switch to <lb> from <milestone type="line">,
> especially if <lb> has special types associated with it.
> 
> I also think it would be sensible to state that all orthographic lines
> should be marked by <lb> rather than <l>, which would make <lb> much
> more common than it currently is, at least outside of Bibles.
> 
> --Chris
> 
> 
> 
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