[osis-core] no whitespace in <identifier>

[Chris Little]

Todd,

This kind of identifies the very crux of my biggest problem with certain 
of the proposals relating to <identifier>.  The contents of <identifier> 
(and <subject> as well) has nothing to do with XML and certainly isn't 
an XML Name.  There's absolutely  no guarantee about what characters it 
might include or in what pattern.  My examples from before:

<identifier 
type="OSIS">private:Monograph.Lightfoot_JB.Apostolic_Fathers</identifier>
<identifier type="LCCN">73173713</identifier>
<identifier type="ISBN">3487046881</identifier>
<identifier type="LCCall">BR60.A62 L5213 1973</identifier>
<subject type="Dewey">270.1 20</identifier>
<subject type="LCSH">Christian literature, Early.</identifier>

The "OSIS" type, we can reasonably mandate be whitespace-free, since we 
can define ourselves what it may contain.  Of the other values, NONE are 
valid XML Names (all either contain spaces or begin with numerals).  And 
I would maintain that we have no reasonable right to go changing the 
format of naming systems designed by other naming authorities.

These are bibliographic metadata and shouldn't be modified by us, IMO.

--Chris

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

> All,
> 
> I would like to request that <identifier> values have no whitespace as
> is consistent with XML names.
> 
> Todd
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