[osis-core] semantics of <divineName>?

[Patrick Durusau]

Troy,

Then how do translators deal with the other forms of the divine name if 
there is no attribute? Often those are also styled differently and/or 
one wants to search for all of the occurrences of the divine name, 
whatever its form.

A single element with attributes meets both needs.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:

>The original purpose for this tag is the designate the tetragrammaton in 
>the text when it has been translated LORD, GOD, or other.  This is a 
>distinctly marked element in most all translations and we need a tag to 
>be clearly and intentionally for this purpose.
>
>The example in the guide is wrong.  The schema is correct-- in my opinion.
>
>i.e.  No other type/usages beyond the tetragrammaton.
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>Patrick Durusau wrote:
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>>Chris,
>>
>>Sorry for the delayed response! I picked up your original post after 
>>seeing you mention it again.
>>
>>Agree, the current situation at least as represented in the manual is 
>>ambiguous.
>>
>>DM, can you send a list of the types that we would need on <divineName> 
>>to cure this problem?
>>
>>Hope you are having a great day!
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>Chris Little wrote:
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>>>Hi Folks,
>>>
>>>What are the semantics of the <divineName> element? My understanding 
>>>of where we stood as of the last time <divineName> was brought up at a 
>>>meeting was that it should be used for tagging translations of the 
>>>tetragrammaton (or conceivably the tetragrammaton itself) exclusively, 
>>>since it is largely a signal to do things like small-caps "Lord". All 
>>>other divine epithets (e.g. "El Shaddai") or small-caps text (e.g. 
>>>small-caps "Branch" and "Jesus") would thus need to use another 
>>>element (e.g. <name>). This decision was part of the reason for not 
>>>giving any types to <divineName>.
>>>
>>>DM Smith pointed out that the manual specifically includes 
>>>"<divineName>El Shaddai</divineName>" as an example usage of 
>>><divineName>. And another example includes "<divineName 
>>>type="x-yhwh">Lord</divineName>".
>>>
>>>I think we either need to limit <divineName> to the tetragrammaton 
>>>(and note this in the manual) or add (potentially many, but I think DM 
>>>Smith can supply us a list) registered types for Yahweh, El Shaddai, 
>>>etc. Otherwise there is ambiguity since we can't depend on everyone to 
>>>just assume that "x-yhwh" is the right way to type a <divineName> 
>>>corresponding to the tetragrammaton.
>>>
>>>--Chris
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