Never mind! was Re: [osis-core] "!" extensions to osisIDs

[Patrick Durusau]

Guys,

User's Manual was wrong. Main part is always required. Just a bad 
example. :-(

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick


Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> We have the following statement in the manual:
> 
> <p>It is permissible for <hi rend='bold'>osisRef</hi> values, including 
> those on either side of a hyphen in a range reference, to use <hi 
> rend='bold'>osisID</hi> values that include the work-specific extension 
> fields ("!" followed by a name, e.g. osisRef="!steve-!todd")).</p>
> 
> Assuming defaulting of the 'work' component, each portion on either side 
> of the hyphen is a valid osisID.
> 
> Actually should not say 'name' but string but you get the idea.
> 
> My question is more pragmatic:
> 
> Should we allow this?
> 
> Granted it would be unusual to say the least to have an extension with 
> no prefix that is a standard reference system but I am curious if we 
> should allow it at all.
> 
> Hope everyone is having a great day!
> 
> Patrick
> 


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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau at sbl-site.org
Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model

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