[osis-core] semantics of <divineName>?

[Chris Little]

Hi Folks,

What are the semantics of the <divineName> element? My understanding of 
where we stood as of the last time <divineName> was brought up at a 
meeting was that it should be used for tagging translations of the 
tetragrammaton (or conceivably the tetragrammaton itself) exclusively, 
since it is largely a signal to do things like small-caps "Lord". All 
other divine epithets (e.g. "El Shaddai") or small-caps text (e.g. 
small-caps "Branch" and "Jesus") would thus need to use another element 
(e.g. <name>). This decision was part of the reason for not giving any 
types to <divineName>.

DM Smith pointed out that the manual specifically includes 
"<divineName>El Shaddai</divineName>" as an example usage of 
<divineName>. And another example includes "<divineName 
type="x-yhwh">Lord</divineName>".

I think we either need to limit <divineName> to the tetragrammaton (and 
note this in the manual) or add (potentially many, but I think DM Smith 
can supply us a list) registered types for Yahweh, El Shaddai, etc. 
Otherwise there is ambiguity since we can't depend on everyone to just 
assume that "x-yhwh" is the right way to type a <divineName> 
corresponding to the tetragrammaton.

--Chris