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

[Todd Tillinghast]

Chris,

Was <div type="chapter"> left for backward compatibility with the
introduction of <chapter>?

I don't recall any resolution regarding the proper use of <div
type="chapter"> as applied to chapters in a "traditional" book.  

In any case, I am agreement with you on all points and propose that we
adopt the perspective you presented below as the official OSIS
meaning/practice.

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core-
> admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Chris Little
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:20 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] Users Manual Bug List - 42. Remove div type
> (chapter)
> 
> Kirk Lowery wrote:
> > 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>.
> 
> Okay, let me clarify, according to my own understanding.  Using
> <chapter> and <verse> indicates that the work you're encoding has a
> book/chapter/verse hierarchy.  (This shouldn't be confused with the
> decision of whether you're using BCV vs. BSP as your documents primary
> hierarchy.)  It's essentially for a reference system.
> 
> So where I say "in a Bible" above, what I really mean is "in biblical
> literature and other literature with similar hierarchies".
> 
> > 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.
> 
> We don't want to use <bibleChapter> because that would be a change,
and
> we don't like changes. :)  I don't think it occurred to anyone at the
> time, and it may be that there were other events in the evolution of
> that element's name that I'm not remembering.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> You could certainly use <chapter> & <verse> in things like Ethiopic
> Enoch or the Psalms of Solomon.  If you're looking at a Syriac psalm
as
> having similarity to Biblical psalms, you might want to use <chapter>
> and <verse> there too.  I would not use <verse> for marking verses
> within the sonnets of Shakespeare, however.  There I would use <lg>
and
> <l>.
> 
> --Chris
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