[osis-core] Schema: type on language

[Todd Tillinghast]

Chris,

The thing I am struggling with is that as an attribute xml:lang does not
have a type attribute.  The value of <language> is qualified by the
"type" attribute.

Do we simply pre-pend the type value for xml:lang?
(xml:lang="x-ISO-639-2-T-alb")  This seems problematic in that the "-"
is used in the "type" part as well as to separate the type value from
the language value.

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core-
> admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Chris Little
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:33 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] Schema: type on language
> 
> Todd,
> 
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> 
> > Chris,
> >
> > Thanks that does make it much clearer.
> >
> > How do we interpret <language> with no "type" attribute?
> >
> > Should "type" be required or defaulted?
> 
> I don't think type is necessarily required for <language>.  If we
like,
> we could make "base" the default value, since it is most generic and
> most common.  We could require it in prose for > level 0 conformance.
> (As with xml:lang on <osisText>, I can live with it if others feel
this
> should be required.)
> 
> 
> > Does this eliminate the "x-SIL-ALS" form or is that just for
xml:lang?
> 
> relevent examples:
> 
>  >>(Albanian)
>  >><language type="ISO-639-1">sq</language>
>  >><language type="ISO-639-2-T">sqi</language>
>  >><language type="ISO-639-2-B">alb</language>
>  >><language type="SIL">ALS</language>
>  >><language type="IETF">sq</language>
> 
> I would recommend that we identify a canonical order of precedence if
> RFC 3066 doesn't, namely: ISO-639-1, ISO-639-2-T*, IANA, SIL,
LINGUIST.
>   That is, you should only use an SIL code if none exists in either
the
> ISO or the IANA code lists.
> 
> So, while ALS is still a valid SIL code, the IETF form should be
> identical to the ISO-639-1 form, since it exists.
> 
> (* I chose ISO-639-2-T rather than -B because it is based on ISO-639-1
> whereas -B is based on MARC language codes.)
> 
> > How do the xml:lang and <language> coordinate?
> 
> To expand on my other reply....  xml:lang on <osisText> should match
> <language type="base"> (and/or in some cases, <language
> type="translation">.  xml:lang on <foreign> and <q> should probably
> match ith <language type="quotation">.  The others are probably a
little
> more complex to divine.  But if a language is identified in an
xml:lang
> value, there should be some corresponding <language> element in the
> header, and if its type="IETF", they should match.  (Should we require
> in prose that a <language type="IETF"> element occurs for each
language
> in order to match with xml:lang values?)
> 
> Interlinears might be a little different.  If the interlinear is done
by
> using <w gloss="">, there's not necessarily going to be any indication
> of the interlinear's language except in the <language> element itself.
> 
> --Chris
> 
> 
> 
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