[osis-core] Users Manual Bug List - 42. Remove div type (chapter)

[Kirk Lowery]

Chris Little wrote:

>> 42. Remove div type (chapter)
>>
>> Section 9: I would suggest removing the "ok-ness" of <div 
>> type="chapter"/> as this makes an implementer's life harder. Use a 
>> single method of doing things an more people get it right. Submitted 
>> by: Jim Schaad, jimsch@nwlink.com
>>
>> Resolution:
> 
> 
> <div type="chapter"> is not equivalent to <chapter>.  <chapter> refers 
> to chapters in a Bible.  <div type="chapter"> refers to divisions in any 
> type of work that are termed chapters.  (e.g. title IV, chapter 5, 
> section ii, paragraph 4 of the municipal code.)  The same is true of 
> <div type="paragraph"> vs. <p>.

Uh, I may be coming in late on this discussion: if <chapter> only refers 
to biblical chapters, then why isn't the element name something like 
"bibleChapter" or some variation. Simply <chapter> -- without 
documentation -- does not communicate what the element is.

That raises another question in my mind: is <verse> only for verses of 
the biblical text? Or can I use it to mark up a Syriac psalm or poem?

Kirk
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Kirk E. Lowery, Ph.D.
Director, Westminster Hebrew Institute
Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

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