On 11/12/2011 06:10 AM, David Haslam wrote:
Is it true that osis2mod ignores the attribute *n* in verse milestones?
Not really, but effectively. The verse begin and end tags, regular and
milestoned, with all of its attributes are thrown away. The purpose of
the n attribute is to provide what the verse number should be.
e.g. In the following snippet, pasted from the wiki:
<verse sID="Gen.1.1" osisID="Gen.1.1" n="1"/>In the beginning...<verse
eID="Gen.1.1"/>
The attribute n="1" is what I refer to.
More to the point, when the text is for linked verses, we might have for
example:
<verse sID="Jer.41.17-Jer.41.18" n="17-18" osisID="Jer.41.17
Jer.41.18"/>Asinain Babilon siangpahrang in Judah ram uktu ah a
tuahmiGedaliah kha Ishmael in a thah ruangah Babilon mi ṭihnak an thinlung
sungah a khat. Curuangah Babilon mi ṭih ah Izipt ram ah an tlan. Lamzin ah
Bethlehem khua kiangah Khimham ah an cawl.<verse eID='Jer.41.17-Jer.41.18'/>
Observe here that the n attribute is the verse range (in this case "17-18").
This is correct usage of the n attribute and shows it's value for the
verse tag.
Do you see a value in osis2mod reading/using the value? I'm not sure how
osis2mod might use it to better build a module.
In Christ,
DM
Likewise, pasted from the OSIS reference manual example:
<verse sID="Esth.1.1-Esth.1.2" osisID="Esth.1.1 Esth.1.2" n="1-2"/>
King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa and ruled one
hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.
<verse eID="Esth.1.1-Esth.1.2"/>
which has a proper explanation on page 46, viz.
The final attribute you see is the n attribute. This is most commonly used
to record some numbering that was present in an original text that may or
may not have any relationship to the structure being encoded. In other
words, the CEV translations inserted "1-2" here and OSIS provides a
mechanism to record the fact of "1-2" occuring here.
David
PS. It's noticeable that usfm2osis.pl does not even generate this attribute.
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