[osis-core] New milestone use of elements

[Patrick Durusau]

Troy,

This is the fragment issue. It is tough sledding and if anything, I 
think we need to address it in August, assuming we can be ready by then. 
Let's mark it as know issue.

For the moment, I would say from an encoding standpoint that when you 
use the mID, you have to use matching elements with the same value for 
mID. Ducking the issue of querying b/c of the fragment question. 
Answering that requires a lot more than simply matching the milestone 
element.

Note that Todd's proposal is not an answer either since getting mS or mE 
does not answer the question either. I need to know what mS that an mE 
is pointing towards, not merely that they match, since they could be all 
over a text. Now we have the encoder using different attribute names and 
pointing to other values, i.e, not the element they are on. Easier to 
off load this problem onto the application and not the encoding. see for 
example: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-fragment for how the W3C treats XML 
fragments.

Patrick

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:

> ok, I know replying to myself is a little wierd, but after further 
> thinking....
>
> I understand the POSSIBILITY that there may be an excerpt with a start 
> or end quote.  We probably should allow it.  If someone wanted the 
> last 10 verses of Jesus' Sermon On The Mount, I'd expect it to end 
> with a </q>
>
> BUT I still don't think we should allow a milestone without it's 
> start/end counterpart.  That's like saying we'd allow </q> without the 
> <q>.
>
> I think we need to be hard and fast about the rule I stated earlier.
>
> So, thinking further.....
>
>
> If I wanted to encode an excerpt that started in the middle of a quote 
> and contained the end of the quote.....
>
> How would I encode it????
>
> Let's not even think milestones here.  MILESTONES should not ADD 
> functionality... Like providing the ability to solve this problem....
>
>
> Would something like this be valid:
>
> <q type="continuation">....</q>
>
>
> dunno the best way to solve it, but it should be solved the same 
> whether using an XML container or a milestone.
>
>     -Troy.
>
>
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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