[osis-core] Shadow milestones

[Steve DeRose]

At 04:18 PM -0400 07/02/02, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>Steve,
>
>Steve DeRose wrote:
>
><snip>
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>>>Can you say a word or two about "shadow milestones?" Understand 
>>>that Bob needs/wants them and we agreed to provide but not sure 
>>>how they differ from a regular milestone? Is this an attribute 
>>>sort of thingy?
>>
>>
>>No, basically he just wants a special milestone to drop in, typical 
>>slightly earlier than the real start of chapter/verse/whatever, 
>>that means 'If asked for this reference, scroll here instead of to 
>>the actual place where the referenced text starts'. This is 
>>definitely useful, though most people won't encode it.
>>
>>Actually, I wonder if this should be a processing instruction? 
>>that's what it is conceptually.....
>>
>Would this be a case where I ask for Matthew.1.1 and it actually 
>takes me to the start of Matthew.1 so I see the lead-in notes? As 
>opposed to going directly to Matthew.1.1? (Some people might find 
>that useful, I would find it annoying. ;-)

RIght.


>
>So, <milestone osisID="S-Matt.1.1"> where the S- is used only in 
>milestones to mark such locations? Seems easier than a special form 
>of milestone.

Except that it then complicates our reference syntax -- we have to 
reserve 'S-" or something; and if the work is included you'd have to 
parse down to it to get the "S-" anyway.

How about either a 'type' on milestone, or a PI like:

  <?osis:scrollTo osisID="Matt.1.1"?>

It *is* a processing instruction (or hint), after all. Though I 
suppose it has the downside that you have to have slightly more 
specialized code to deal with it (like, CSS couldn't touch it; but 
then it can't do much for links anyway).

>
>Would allow him to link some references to the actual Matt.1.1 and 
>others to the shadow milestone.
>
>Comments?
>
>Patrick
>
>--
>Patrick Durusau
>Director of Research and Development
>Society of Biblical Literature
>pdurusau@emory.edu


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