[osis-core] Index

[Patrick Durusau]

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

>It seems that giving index a FIXED number of levels is a short sighted
>solution.
>
>I would rather see a solution where the index is expressed in a single
>attribute, with its level oriented components delimited by some character.
>It is possible to have a numeric level attibute to indicate the level of the
>index.  Further, the "see" attribute would have the same form as the index
>itself (all one string).   This would give us a much more flexable solution
>without giving up anything.
>
I don't see how that could be implemented with standard XML tools. I can 
do the indexing as proposed now with XSL/XSLT which is a distinct 
advantage to the suggested approach.


>
>In this case I am not sure what the value of "sort of" following the TEI
>standard is.
>
It is familiar and code already exists except for the "see" attribute 
which is new.

Patrick


>
>Todd
>

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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu