[osis-core] When an osisID is not an osisID?

Harry Plantinga osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:15:38 -0400


> Assuming that John1.1-3 were the only content of a <p> element in a
> translation, it would be marked as:
>
> <p startOsisID="John.1.1" endOsisID="John1.3"><reference
> osisRef="John.1.1-John.1.3">John 1:1-3</reference>In the beginning....</p>
>
> Note that <verse> is not required to say that John.1.1 occurs in this
> element and if you have good enough software, it may infer that John1.2
> can also be found here.

An osisID transformation file as I proposed could have a section like this:

<p osisID="John1.1-3">
<milestone osisRef="KJV.John.1.1" />
In the beginning was the word...
<milestone osisRef="KJV.John.1.2" />
He was with God in the beginning...
<milestone osisRef="KJV.John.1.3" />
Through him all things...
</p>

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Smart software would be able to refer to this file and figure
out that John1.1-3 contains KJV.John.1.1, KJV.John.1.2, and
KJV.John.1.3.

I'm not sure if those osisRefs should be containers, like
<reference> elements, or just milestones.

-Harry