[Fwd: Re: [sword-devel] Re: [osis-editors] OSIS 2.0.1 modules updated]

[Michael Paul Johnson]

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At 04:29 19-03-04, Todd Tillinghast wrote:
>Michael and Patrick,
>
>> That is because the punctuation is already rendered correctly in 
>> the
>> text, and the q element is only there to facilitate the rendition 
>> of
>> "red letter" editions for those who want to do so. This attribute 
>> is
>> there to remind the user of the text that additional punctuation 
>> marks
>> are not to be inserted, here. See the example, above, and note that
>> the quotation marks are already in the text AND a q element (in
>> milestone format) surrounds that same quotation. The attribute is
>> necessary because I chose not to remove the existing quotation 
>> marks,
>> for the reasons I already gave you above.
>> 
>The purpose for the <q> element is NOT solely there to facilitate the
>rendition of "red letter" editions.
>
>As a matter of correction <q> alone should NOT be used to identify 
>the
>words of Jesus, rather <q who="Jesus"> should be used because there 
>can
>also be just <q who="Moses">, <q who="John">, etc...

Please forgive my imprecision. My only use of the q element is to mark 
words of Jesus, and I do include the who attribute.

>From the perspective of trying to typeset an entire Bible, yes, <q> 
>is
>only there to indicate where to render text differently.

In my experience, the types of quotations that are rendered 
differently in print (depending on stylistic preferences) are:

* Direct quotations of Jesus.

* Old Testament quotes in the New Testament.

* Inscriptions.

If someone (besides me) wanted to take the time to mark the "who" 
parameters of every quote in the Bible, it might be useful for audio 
script generation and advanced Bible study software search features, 
as you pointed out. It would be unreasonable to make such markup 
mandatory, however.

Thank you for your help, especially with the n parameter suggestion.

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