David, JSword fully supports the n attribute on verse elements, as well as notes, cross-references and other numbered things. If the verse element is not present, then it manufactures a verse number based upon which verse was requested. JSword does not handle the case where a verse is actually a range of verses. It will show the text for the range for each verse in the range.
-- DM On Nov 12, 2011, at 9:44 AM, David Haslam wrote: > Hi DM, > > You wrote: (numbers are mine) > > 1. 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. > > 2. 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. > > My detailed response: > > 1. Precisely! Our front-end applications do not display verse range tags. > Is this because (a) the n attribute has been effectively discarded during > module build, and/or (b) because currently the SWORD engine does not provide > a means to supply these to the front-end? > > 2. Whereas we might have engineered verse range tags from the original > sID/eID attributes (if present & correct), the fact is that these are > transformed by osis2mod to genX, where X is an integer. This makes such > reverse engineering for existing modules impossible. > > If we wish to represent printed Bibles as faithfully and as accurately as we > can, then verse range tags should be something supported by the SWORD API > and the JSword API. Otherwise, when one or more verse number has been > omitted, how is the reader supposed to know whether (a) it's a case of > linked verse text for a verse range, or (b) whether the verse is one of > those commonly omitted in many modern translations, or (c) whether the > source text was deficient by having accidental omissions? > > For (b) refer to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_verses_not_included_in_modern_translations > > In essence, I see an opportunity for a significant software improvement > here. > > David > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/OSIS-milestones-and-the-attribute-n-tp4034128p4034567.html > Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
