Hi. MacSword uses the following schema for URLs:
sword://[<FilterOption[&<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<ModuleShortName>/<Key|KeyRange> This is how I found it. I'm open to implement a standard if this has been besided. Manfred Am 13.05.2008 um 17:46 schrieb DM Smith: > We've got a discussion going on jsword-devel regarding how to > represent > custom URLs for sword that will work in a browser. I know GnomeSword > and > MacSword have such a facility. > > I'd like to get some input here that I can reply with to jsword-devel. > > I seemed to recall that the general consensus is that we should use > sword:// as the protocol, but I am seeking advice on what should > follow, > especially for GenBooks. > > IIRC, what we were thinking was that it should be > protocol://osisRef(,osisRef)* > > But that poses problems when one wants to specify the work because the > definition of a URI doesn't allow : for this use. > e.g. sword://KJV:Gen.1.1-Gen.1.3,KJV:Gen.2.9 > > OSIS allows the workID to contain letters, digits and the _ and > osisIDs > have parts separated by '.', where the parts can contain anything > except > spaces. > > So the question is what to substitute for the ':' ? > I'm thinking of (workID) as in sword://(KJV)Gen.1.1-Gen.1.3,(KJV):Gen.2.2 > > And how would one specify, a parallel request? > > I'm thinking of the following: > protocol://(workID(,workID)*)?osisRef(,(workID(,workID)*)?osisRef)* > e.g. sword://(KJV,ESV)Gen.1.1-Gen.1.3,(KJV,ESV):Gen.2.2 > > The next part of the question relates to the proper representation > of a > GenBook key as an osisID. > > If we understand '.' as OSIS's hierarchical separator, e.g. Gen.1.1 is > Book -> Chapter -> Verse, then a GenBook with a hierarchy to a node > of A > -> B -> C would be "A.B.C" > The problem is that in a GenBook, the key is generally a title, with > spaces and possibly periods. I was thinking a simple substitution of _ > for spaces and something else, perhaps '/' for periods. > But _ and / are valid in a osisID. > > Here is an example from Josephus (with '.' added for purposes of this > discussion) > workID = Josephus > > The War of The Jews. -> Book 1. -> Chapter 2. -> Section 3. > > Possible osisID: > Josephus:The_War_of_the_Jews/.Book_1/.Chapter_2/.Section_3/ > > While osisIDs use '.' as a path separator, URIs use '/'. So would one > change do the swap of '.' and '/' when representing the osisID as a > URI? > e.g. > (Josephus)The_War_of_the_Jews./Book_1./Chapter_2./Section_3. > > And if we do that what about Bible references, would they become > sword://(KJV)Gen/1/1 ? (I don't think that makes sense) > > Thanks in advance! > > In Him, > DM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
