[osis-core] reviving OSIS progress

[Todd Tillinghast]

Chris,

I am willing to work to address any issues, errors, or shortcomings.  I 
think that if we don't address issues and keep the group moving forward 
then as a standard people will be forced to look for other solutions.

As far as the manual is concerned the criticisms is also valid.

I agree that a Wiki might be a good approach, but would require some 
effort on (likely) one of our parts to get the foundation laid.  We 
could cover just "basic use" (what is most commonly needed for most 
texts - of course everyone has a different view on what is commonly 
needed) with out investing too much.

BTW: I think we have encoded just short of 100 translations using OSIS 
at this point (all section/paragraph style).  There have not been any 
major issues with the spec as it currently is. 

I think we could start with a list of the issues and see how many can be 
simply addressed.

I think that we can address many issues without cost if we can do things 
via the list and not involve an in person meeting. 

Todd

Chris Little wrote:
> Happy New Year (& a belated Happy Christmas) to you all.
>
> Now that we've confirmed that the mailing list works, and assuming 
> most of you still have the same email addresses as you did two years 
> ago....
>
> Would anyone care to discuss reviving work on OSIS to address some of 
> the errors & shortcomings in the standard/schema/docs? There's been a 
> fair amount of discussion at OpenScriptures 
> (http://openscriptures.org/ ; forum: 
> http://groups.google.com/group/open-scriptures) about perceived 
> weaknesses in OSIS and the stagnation of the standard.
>
> I think a portion of that criticism is quite valid and that we ought 
> to, minimally, address the known errors. Further development would be 
> terrific as well, provided there is the interest & will among us. (I'm 
> interested & willing.)
>
> I would really like to see an improvement in documentation & community 
> support. The Manual makes a good primer, but it doesn't have the level 
> of depth & wealth of examples found in the USFM docs 
> (http://confluence.ubs-icap.org/display/USFM/Home), which I think we 
> would do well to emulate. I'd love to see an element-by-element, 
> attribute-by-attribute explanation in a collaborative environment like 
> a Wiki. I think the loss of osis-user at whi.wts.edu as a discussion 
> forum is also a big loss for OSIS, so I'd like to see a new public 
> forum for discussion/help, be that a web forum, mailing list, or 
> something else.
>
> Anyway... I'm just hoping to get the ball moving again.
>
> Best,
> Chris
>
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