[osis-core] <l> types

[Todd Tillinghast]

Patrick,

Maybe these are the wrong type values then.  They did not carry much
meaning for me but I was hopeful that they would make sense to the rest
of the group (that has been know to happen).

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
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> admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:27 PM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] <l> types
> 
> Todd,
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> > Patrick,
> >
> > Do think it makes sense to add the line types that Jim Albright had
for
> > poetry lines in TE.
> >
> > refrain
> > interlude
> > doxology
> >
> > I am not really clear what the meanings of these really are but they
are
> > the first set meaningful line types I have seen.
> >
> 
> OK, tell me how a doxology is a line type?
> 
> Defined in at www.m-w.com as: "a usually liturgical expression of
praise
> to God"
> 
> So how does that translate into a line type? Same question for
interlude?
> 
> I am somewhat more sympathetic to refrain but refrain implies that
there
> is some larger structure that contains the refrain. Like in a song,
you
> have the verses (non-Bible sense) that all share a refrain. Thus you
have:
> 
> <song>
> <verses>
> <verse></verse>
> <verse></verse>
> <verse></verse>
> </verses>
> <refrain></refrain>
> </song>
> 
> At least one way to show the relationship of all the verses to the
refrain.
> 
> Could be more verbose and do:
> 
> <song>
> <verses>
> <verse>blah, blah <refrain></refrain></verse>
> <verse>blah, blah <refrain></refrain></verse>
> <verse>blah, blah <refrain></refrain></verse>
> </verses>
> </song>
> 
> Which would be required if the refrain changes after each verse of the
> song.
> 
> TEI never defines what the "type" of a line is so no guidance there.
> 
> Not necessarily opposed but are we saying the purpose of a line, to be
a
> line of praise or response (refrain) as a purpose is sufficient to
> markup up a line as a particular type? How am I going to make that
> judgment? What you see as a refrain, I may see as simply another line
of
> text. How to we reconcile those views?
> 
> Hope you are having a great day!
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> > If these are the intended meaning for a given format marker then
they
> > could be used.
> >
> > Todd
> >
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