[sword-devel] OSIS introductions

[DM Smith]

I'd like to suggest a change in how osis2mod handles introductory  
material.

SWORD only stores verses and has a concept of verse 0 holding  
introductory material.

Given a tuple, (testament, book, chapter, verse) we have the following  
introductions
(testament, book, chapter, 0) - a chapter introduction
(testament, book, 0, 0) - a book introduction
(testament, 0, 0, 0) - a testament introduction
I don't know if there is an introduction to the Bible as a whole.

The osis2mod handles it today is that everything up to titles standing  
immediately before verse 1 in a chapter are a chapter introduction.
Material before chapter 1 of a book is a book introduction.
Material before Genesis and Matthew are testament introductions.

The book and testament introductions are no problem, but there's a lot  
of guess work as to what is a chapter introduction and what goes into  
verse 1.

I'd like to suggest that
<div type="introduction">
....
</div>
is used by osis2mod to put material into a chapter introduction.
If it is present it and everything before it within a chapter are put  
into the chapter introduction (verse 0) and that everything else  
before verse 1 in a chapter is placed in verse 1.

For example, if we have:

<chapter ...>
<title type="chapter">Chapter 3</title>
<div type="introduction">
.....
</div>
<div type="section">
<title type="section">
....
</title>
<verse ...>
....
</verse>
....
</div>

Then
<chapter ...>
<title type="chapter">Chapter 3</title>
<div type="introduction">
.....
</div>
would be in the chapter introduction. (Note: a title with  
type="chapter" is always in verse 0, since it is distinctly a chapter  
title).

and

<div type="section">
<title type="section">
....
</title>
<verse ...>
....
</verse>

would be in verse 1.

Input welcomed and wanted!

In Him,
	DM