[osis-core] Should we allow <divineName> in <catchWord>

Todd Tillinghast osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Tue, 13 May 2003 22:33:07 -0600


Yes we should discuss in Dallas.  

In the CEV there a couple of cases where the range of the catchWord
includes just the end or just the start quote mark.

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org 
> [mailto:osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of 
> Patrick Durusau
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:28 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] Should we allow <divineName> in <catchWord>
> 
> 
> Todd,
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> 
> >Patrick,
> >
> >Welcome back to this side of the pond.
> >
> >I think one thing that I came across more than any other case was 
> >quotes.  In some cases unbalanced quotes.  Because the <q> 
> element is 
> >not allowed, I just the standard double quote character.
> >
> >Are you of the opinion that quotes within a <catchWord> should be 
> >simple characters and not a <q> or milestone element?
> >  
> >
> Not sure what an "unbalanced quote" would indicate? If you want to 
> include it, I would suggest just treating it as a character, although 
> you may have to use an entity for it.
> 
> We can discuss in Dallas but I really do think that 
> <catchWord> really 
> is just a string with no structure. We included the few other child 
> elements, probably a mistake in hindsight, so that encoding could be 
> entered that would take the reader to other references, expansions of 
> abbreviations, etc., from right there in the <catchWord>. Probably 
> should have made them go back to the text.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> >(I was thinking that an unbalanced quote could be represented by a 
> >single milestone.)
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core- 
> >>admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:56 AM
> >>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> >>Subject: Re: [osis-core] Should we allow <divineName> in <catchWord>
> >>
> >>Todd,
> >>
> >>Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Patrick,
> >>>
> >>><catchWord> has been pretty difficult to work with.  I think we
> >>>      
> >>>
> >should
> >  
> >
> >>>either include all of the options available in normal text OR make 
> >>>catchWord have only a sequence of one or more <reference> elements
> >>>      
> >>>
> >that
> >  
> >
> >>>refer to the current document AND use the grain.  Multiple
> >>>      
> >>>
> ><reference>
> >  
> >
> >>>elements would be used if there are ellipsis are desired.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Maybe it is the jet lag or more likely just being dense but 
> I really 
> >>don't see the difficulty in working with <catchWord>.
> >>
> >>Let's assume that you have <divineName> in the text and in 
> <catchWord> 
> >>which appears in a note on the same page. Do you really 
> want to find 
> >>duplicate references to the same occurrence of <divineName> just
> >>    
> >>
> >because
> >  
> >
> >>it appears in what is a textual clue to what is being addressed in a
> >>    
> >>
> >note?
> >  
> >
> >>In most cases, <catchWord> should only contain a text 
> string, no other 
> >>elements, although we allowed a few so references could be embedded,
> >>    
> >>
> >etc..
> >  
> >
> >>I have yet to imagine or hear any reason why you want to allow this
> >>    
> >>
> >sort
> >  
> >
> >>of markup in <catchWord>. Certainly no way to constrain it to match
> >>    
> >>
> >the
> >  
> >
> >>markup that is found in the main text, which it is supposed to be
> >>    
> >>
> >drawn
> >  
> >
> >>from so it looks more like a source of problems than anything else.
> >>
> >>I have some sympathy for requiring use of references only but that
> >>    
> >>
> >would
> >  
> >
> >>not be backwards  compatible and would impose a burden on users who
> >>    
> >>
> >want
> >  
> >
> >>to use <catchWord> properly, that is to be a short string 
> that draws 
> >>your attention to a portion of the main text.
> >>
> >>Hope you are having a great day!
> >>
> >>Patrick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Todd
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core- 
> >>>>admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 4:33 AM
> >>>>To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> >>>>Subject: Re: [osis-core] Should we allow <divineName> in 
> <catchWord>
> >>>>
> >>>>Todd,
> >>>>
> >>>>Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Currently <catchword> does not allow <divineName> as a child.  I
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >have
> >  
> >
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>>case where LORD is a part of a <catchWord>.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Should we add <divineName> as a child of <catchword>.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>Not sure why you would want to add <divineName> to <catchword>.
> >>>>
> >>>>Tis true that the <divineName> occurs in the catchword 
> but probably
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>true
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>that every other structure could possibly occur there as well, at
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>least
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>if you consider what is in the main text. The question to me
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >revolves
> >  
> >
> >>>>around what you consider to be the function of the <catchword>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>element.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I see it as capturing the text string that appears in the 
> main text
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >as
> >  
> >
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>prompt to the reader, an implied hyperlink if you like, as to what
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >is
> >  
> >
> >>>>being discussed. It is not meant to represent the structure of the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>text
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>that appears in the main text.
> >>>>
> >>>>Is the problem one of display? Actually <catchWord> lacks <hi>,
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >which
> >  
> >
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>think would be the better candidate to add to <catchWord> for such
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>cases.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>(current content model is: a 
> <cid:part1.05090306.09010306@emory.edu>
> >>>>abbr <cid:part2.03060102.02060104@emory.edu> foreign 
> >>>><cid:part3.00090801.02000402@emory.edu> index 
> >>>><cid:part4.07070801.02040104@emory.edu> note 
> >>>><cid:part5.04030808.00080301@emory.edu> reference 
> >>>><cid:part6.04080806.02070003@emory.edu> seg 
> >>>><cid:part7.04010103.03090506@emory.edu> w 
> >>>><cid:part8.00050307.00090706@emory.edu>
> >>>>
> >>>>Patrick
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>See the footnote of CEV 1Kgs.8.62.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Todd
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>--
> >>>>Patrick Durusau
> >>>>Director of Research and Development
> >>>>Society of Biblical Literature
> >>>>Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
> >>>>Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>--
> >>Patrick Durusau
> >>Director of Research and Development
> >>Society of Biblical Literature
> >>Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
> >>Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
> >>
> >>
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> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
> Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
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