[osis-core] Isn't an <identifier type="OSIS"> element required within a <work> element that is used in osisRefWork or osisIDWork

[Todd Tillinghast]

Troy,

> I was working under the assumption that the <refSystem> element
> contained an identifier _pointing to_ a document that must have an
> <identifier type="OSIS"> in its *this* work.
> 
My understanding is that the each <work> element with a child
<identifier type="OSIS"> identifies a work (either concrete or
abstract).  In the case where the osisIDWork attribute in <osisText>
references a <work> element then that work element decribes the current
<osisText> element.  In the remaining cases <work> elements identify
other <osisText> instances with matching <identifier type="OSIS"> values
in the <work> element referenced by the "osisIDWork" attribute.

When we were trying to nail the <work> related issues I was in favor of
removing <referenceSystem> as a child element of <work> because its
meaning could be mistakenly used to determine the "fully qualified name"
of an osisID or osisRef in addition to or instead of the value of
<identifier type="OSIS">.

However, Patrick suggested that having a <referenceSystem> element would
not be harmful and would have no different impact on deriving the "fully
qualified name" than any other child element of <work>.  So I left it
alone resting in the comfort that there would always be an <identifier
type="OSIS"> for every <work> that was used in <osisText> attributes
"osisIDWork" and "osisRefWork" and proceeding the ":" in osisID and
osisRef values.

I think it is important to strictly follow this rule so that we can
reliably "resolve" the "fully qualified name" of osisIDs and osisRefs.

Do you agree?

Todd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
> core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Troy A. Griffitts
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:43 AM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] Isn't an <identifier type="OSIS"> element
> required within a <work> element that is used in osisRefWork or
osisIDWork
> 
> I guess I hadn't thought much about the necessity of <identifier
> type="OSIS"> in any work other than *this* (C++ usage :) )
> 
> I was working under the assumption that the <refSystem> element
> contained an identifier _pointing to_ a document that must have an
> <identifier type="OSIS"> in its *this* work.
> 
> Does this make sense?  Do you still disagree?  If so, what do you see
as
> the difference between the refSystem value and your proposed
identifier
> value?
> 
> 	-Troy.
> 
> 
> 
> Todd Tillinghast wrote:
> > Troy,
> >
> > The tutorial is a beautiful thing and I think will really help those
> > trying to understand the basics!
> >
> > My understanding is that in order to use the value in a "osisWork"
> > attribute in a <work> element as the value of "osisRefWork" or
> > "osisIDWork" in <osisText> that an <identifier> element with
type="OSIS"
> > had to be present within the corresponding <work> element.
> >
> > Is this something you don't agree with or was this just an
oversight?
> >
> >>From your tutorial:
> >
> > In "The Header"
> > <header>
> >    <work osisWork="KJV">
> >        <title>King James Version of 1611</title>
> >        <language>en</language>
> >        <identifier type="OSIS">KJV.TutorEncoding</identifier>
> >        <refSystem>Bible.KJV</refSystem>
> >     </work>
> >     <work osisWork="defaultReferenceScheme">
> >         <refSystem>Bible.KJV</refSystem>
> >     </work>
> > </header>
> >
> > Should include an <identifier> element in the
> > <work osisWork="defaultReferenceSystem"> element.
> >
> > As follows:
> >
> > <header>
> >    <work osisWork="KJV">
> >        <title>King James Version of 1611</title>
> >        <language>en</language>
> >        <identifier type="OSIS">KJV.TutorEncoding</identifier>
> >        <refSystem>Bible.KJV</refSystem>
> >     </work>
> >     <work osisWork="defaultReferenceScheme">
> >        <refSystem>Bible.KJV</refSystem>
> >        <identifier type="OSIS">Bible.KJV</identifier>
> >     </work>
> > </header>
> >
> > Todd
> >
>