[osis-core] Quotes of scripture in an OSIS document that is NOT a Bible.

[Patrick Durusau]

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

>In OSIS documents that are not Bibles, it is a common to see a quote of
>scripture text followed by the reference.  
>
>Does it make sense to add an optional osisRef attribute to <q> and
><milestoneStart> to accommodate this frequent issue?
>
>Example:
><q  osisRef="Matt.20.28">The Son of Man did not come to be served, but
>to serve . . . </q>
>
>rather than 
><q>The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve . .
>.<reference osisRef="Matt.20.28">Matthew  20:28</reference></q>
>  
>
Well, I agree that your first example captures the content and one could 
always grab that reference for display at the end of the <q> string but 
doesn't that create two ways to encode such references? My only concern 
would be that some people would use the second example and others would 
use the first one.

I will put it on the list.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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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