[osis-users] Encoding Hebrew Psalm Titles

Chris Little chrislit at crosswire.org
Thu Feb 11 11:23:29 MST 2010


>
> In the OSIS manual, an English translation of a Psalm is encoded like this:
>
> <div type='section' scope='Ps.7.1-Ps.7.2'>
>      <title>The LORD Always Does Right</title>
>      <verse osisID='Ps.7.1'>
>          You, LORD God, are my protector.
>          Rescue me and keep me safe from all who chase me.
>      </verse>
>      <verse osisID='Ps.7.2'>
>          Or else they will rip me apart like lions
>          attacking a victim, and no one will save me.
>      </verse>
> </div>
>
> However, in the Hebrew versification tradition, the title is actually verse
> one. So could it be encoded like this?
>
> <div type='section' scope='Ps.7.1-Ps.7.3'>
>      <verse osisID='Ps.7.1'>
>          <title>The LORD Always Does Right</title>
>      </verse>
>      <verse osisID='Ps.7.2'>
>          You, LORD God, are my protector.
>          Rescue me and keep me safe from all who chase me.
>      </verse>
>      <verse osisID='Ps.7.3'>
>          Or else they will rip me apart like lions
>          attacking a victim, and no one will save me.
>      </verse>
> </div>
>
> Weston
>    

These are both correct, except that <title> should be <title 
type="psalm" canonical="true"> in both examples.

--Chris




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