[sword-devel] OSIS example

Daniel Owens dhowens at pmbx.net
Sun Mar 4 16:17:37 MST 2012


A couple of additional clarifications: I am running vanilla SWORD on 
Linux Mint, so I am running osis2mod rev 2478. Also, this module has 
content in Gen 1:1-5, Ps 3:1-2, and Mark 1:14-15.

Daniel

On 03/04/2012 05:14 PM, Daniel Owens wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Take a look at the OSIS file and the compiled module at 
> https://sites.google.com/site/danielowensstuff/Home/test.zip?attredirects=0&d=1. 
>
>
> Just to be sure that I was not making an outlandish claim, I deleted 
> type="psalm" canonical="true" from the title element, compiled the 
> module, and BibleTime showed the title. I added them back in and 
> compiled again, and the title disappeared.
>
> Daniel
>
> On 03/04/2012 04:28 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:
>> Do you have a compiled version of the module up anywhere? I'm very
>> surprised by the claim that Xiphos, BibleTime, and BibleCS do not
>> support canonical titles.
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Daniel Owens<dhowens at pmbx.net>  wrote:
>>> Based on varied sources, including Patrick's helpful example OSIS 
>>> Bible, I
>>> put together an example OSIS "Bible" that validates and is 
>>> consistent with
>>> the wiki page on OSIS Bibles ( 
>>> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Bibles).
>>> The text itself is mostly KJV text, with a little Hebrew to 
>>> illustrate more
>>> than what the KJV can by itself. I chose to use the BSP structure 
>>> because
>>> the KJV illustrates the BCV structure well already, and I have no 
>>> idea idea
>>> how to deal with paragraphs and poetry in the BCV structure.
>>>
>>> You can find the example file and the following list of features at
>>> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Bibles/BSPExample:
>>>
>>> - BookGroup and section titles, including parallel passages:<title>
>>> - Book introduction
>>> - List:<list>,<item>
>>> - Table:<table>,<row>,<cell>
>>> - Bold and italic text:<hi>
>>> - Strong's numbers, lemma, and morphology:<w>, @lemma, @morph
>>> - Notes, including study notes and cross-references:<note>,<reference>
>>> - Marked additions:<transChange>
>>> - Canonical title (Psalms):<title type="psalm" canonical="true">
>>> - Poetry markup:<lg>,<l>
>>> - Divine Name:<seg>,<divineName>
>>> - Variants:<seg type="x-variant" subType="x-1">
>>> - Abbreviations:<abbr>
>>>
>>> I compiled and tested the module, and I will send a separate email 
>>> when I
>>> have a chance to record the results systematically. Suffice it to 
>>> say, no
>>> one front-end supports all of the markup well, and some features 
>>> (such as
>>> variants and tables) are conspicuously poorly supported. Since it is 
>>> not a
>>> complete text of the KJV, some odd display issues should be ignored, 
>>> but
>>> most front-ends displayed the "New Testament" title at the bottom of 
>>> Psalm
>>> 3. It would be lovely if front-end developers would see how their 
>>> front-end
>>> handles it (or doesn't). I can send a compiled module to those who are
>>> interested.
>>>
>>> Feedback is welcome. If I have missed something or used less-than-ideal
>>> markup, please let me know, and we can change it.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
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