[osis-core] osisCore_Candiate_1.1_003 - 11 osisRef URLs

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Harry,
	I was under the impression that <reference> was designed specifically for 
things like hyperlinks (or _whatever_ referencing mechanism is used for 
the presentation media).



Harry Plantinga wrote:
> We currently have no way to make a simple hypertext
> link using the osisRef system.  We can make a <reference>,
> but that's not a hypertext link.  I propose we define
> a URL syntax for osisRefs.
> 
>   a) <a href="osis:Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
> 
> or, If you prefer more (and more distinctive) syntax,
> 
>   b)  <a href="osis://Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
> 
> I suppose an alternative would be to add an osisRef attribute
> to the a element, so you could write
> 
>   c) <a osisRef="Bible.KJV:Matt.1.1">
> 
> In the first two examples, osis: is the protocal name, like 
> http or ftp.  Processing software would presumably convert 
> such links to regular http:// URLs in the conversion from
> OSIS to HTML.
> 
> What needs to be done?
> 
>   - pick a syntax
>   - document it
>   - for option a or b, figure out if it is possible to 
>     'register' the osis: protocol name 
>   - patch netscape to handle such URLs (maybe somewhat later)
> 
> -Harry