[sword-devel] Multi-xref sets

[Chris Little]

On 5/19/2010 8:21 PM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> When I pass that list...
>       Gen 41:38; Exod 31:3; 35:31; Num 24:2; 1Sam 10:10; 11:6; 19:20, 23; Ezek 11:24; 2Chr 15:1; 24:20
> ...through vs2osisref, what comes out is this nightmare:
>
> <reference osisRef="Exod.15.2">Exod 15:2</reference>;<reference osisRef="Exod.17.16">17:16</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.68.5">Pss 68:5</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.68.19">19</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.77.12">77:12</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.89.9">89:9</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.94.7">94:7</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.94.12">12</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.102.19">102:19</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.104.35">104:35</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.105.45">105:45</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.106.1">106:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.106.48">48</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.111.1">111:1</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.112.1">112:1</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.113.1">113:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.113.9">9</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.115.17">115:17</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.115.18">18</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.116.19">116:19</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.117
.2">117:2</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.118.5">118:5</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.118.14">14</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.118.17-Ps.118.19">17-19</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.122.4">122:4</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.130.3">130:3</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.135.1">135:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.135.3">3</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.135.4">4</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.135.21">21</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.146.1">146:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.146.10">10</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.147.1">147:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.147.20">20</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.148.1">148:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.148.14">14</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.149.1">149:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.149.9">9</reference>;<reference osisRef="Ps.150.1">150:1</reference>,<reference osisRef="Ps.150.6">6</reference>;<reference osisRef="Isa.12.2">Isa 12:2</reference>;<reference osisRef="
Isa.26.4">26:4</reference>;<reference osisRef="Isa.38.11">38:11</reference>
>
> But again, that makes for individual references, not a monolithic list.
>
> Is there an OSIS encoding of a long list of xrefs that leaves them all as
> a single block of xrefs, as seen on the far side of the filters?

osisRef takes a list, but I would recommend not using that to glob long 
lists of reference elements together, since keeping them as individual 
elements allows their independent access. Rather, I would recommend we 
agree on an internal standard for marking lists of references (e.g. use 
<list type="x-reference">).

--Chris