[sword-devel] OSIS abbr element and indexing/searching

[David Haslam]

I second that motion!

On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 16:44, DM Smith <[dmsmith at crosswire.org](mailto:On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 16:44, DM Smith <<a href=)> wrote:

> Recently we had a discussion regarding nomina sacra, which is a Greek New Testament manuscript abbreviation for sacred names. It is going back and forth what is the appropriate markup: Name element or abbreviation element for semantic markup and/or using the highlight element, hi, with overline. It was noted that overline is supported in SWORD but not JSword.
>
> I’d like to suggest that if the expansion element is present that it is indexed/searched at the same position as the text.
>
> Example, pretend this is Greek:
> For <abbr expansion=“God” type=“nomina-sacra">Gd</abbr> so loved the world
> Then a search for the exact phrase
> “God so loved the world”
> would return the verse.
>
> Not indexing/searching the expansion wouldn’t find God in the verse.
>
> Having it at the same position is necessary for exact phrase search.
>
> In Him,
> DM Smith
>
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