[osis-core] type for <l>

[Steven J. DeRose]

At 15:21 -0400 2004-05-25, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>Some type ago Todd asked about using the following types for lines 
>(he got this from Jim Albright):
>
>refrain
>interlude
>doxology
>
>We bounced it back and forth but really came to no real conclusion.
>
>While reading the email traffic it occurred to me that these are not 
>really line types, although they may only apply to one line.
>
>They are really lineGroup types that may contain one or more lines.
>
>Think about it. Sometimes there are one line refrains, but not 
>really all that often, particularly in liturgical settings. Same 
>thing for a doxology. Not as sure about interlude because I don't 
>recall how Jim is using the term.
>
>Any thoughts on creating enumerated types for lineGroup?

Seems fine to me, and I agree these types go there rather than on 
line. If we were going to do types for line they'd probably want to 
be things like metrical form (yeah, I know that doesn't matter for 
Hebrew).

What other types should there be, then? Prayer? Prophecy? Proverb? 
Verse (as in song-part)?


>
>That does have the impact of making lineGroup necessary even if you 
>do have only one line but suspect that is the minority of the cases.

Yes, but only when you want to attach such an attribute.

>
>Jim, since this was your question, what do you think?
>