[osis-core] USFM and "x-" on attribute values

[osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org]

Todd,

In my research and need to import USFM into Translation Editor (TE) what 
you said is what I found to be true. What I am asking is NOT that UBS 
abandon the current tags but include meaning based tags so that we can 
round trip data. Once we go to the effort to get it "right" in TE and OSIS 
it is a shame to have to do it again if for some reason we transform back 
to USFM. Currently we would loose information that someone has gone to the 
work of either manually or via smart programming figured out the why 
behind the 
> 2) Format markers that are complicated by formatting information

BTW since TE styles are totally meaning based, anyone starting in TE and 
then for some reason converting to USFM will loose information. I do not 
want SIL to create a second SF based standard. I am asking that UBS 
consider extending USFM to allow for round tripping without meaning loss. 
We already have too many of SF "standards". And anyone starting with TE 
can convert to OSIS and maintain all encoded information without loss. 



Jim Albright
704 843-0582
Wycliffe Bible Translators






"Todd Tillinghast" <todd@contentframeworks.com>
02/20/2004 12:40 AM

 
        To:     <Jim_Albright@wycliffe.org>, <osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org>
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: [osis-core] USFM and "x-" on attribute values


Jim,

Is it your understanding that in most cases that a qs is an interlude, a
qr is a refrain, and a qc is a doxology?

We cannot change USFM but we can add meaningful type attributes to OSIS
if there is a consistent practice of marking lines of poetry with these
meaning.

We have not been able to get solid answers as to WHY these format
markers are used other than they want a line of poetry to be presented
centered (qc), right justified (qr).

I believe the USFM defines qs as being for "selah".

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim_Albright@wycliffe.org [mailto:Jim_Albright@wycliffe.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:15 PM
> To: Todd Tillinghast
> Cc: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org; Marie_Titus@sil.org;
> Alan_Conner@sil.org; Darrel_Eppler@sil.org; Dan_Pinkham@sil.org
> Subject: RE: [osis-core] USFM and "x-" on attribute values
> 
> Would it be possible to suggest that USFM deprecate the use of
> 2) Format markers that are complicated by formatting information
> and add markers to USFM matching with a meaning base to them as in:
> 
> New USFM                old USFM        suggested OSIS
> \inscription    \pc     <inscription>
> \refrain                \qr             <lg type="refrain">
> \interlude              \qs             <lg type="interlude">
> \doxology               \qc             <lg type="doxology">
> (or something shorter than that to keep in the spirit of SFMs)
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Albright
> 704 843-0582
> Wycliffe Bible Translators
> 
>