I'd like to suggest a change in how osis2mod handles introductory
material.
SWORD only stores verses and has a concept of verse 0 holding
introductory material.
Given a tuple, (testament, book, chapter, verse) we have the following
introductions
(testament, book, chapter, 0) - a chapter introduction
(testament, book, 0, 0) - a book introduction
(testament, 0, 0, 0) - a testament introduction
I don't know if there is an introduction to the Bible as a whole.
The osis2mod handles it today is that everything up to titles standing
immediately before verse 1 in a chapter are a chapter introduction.
Material before chapter 1 of a book is a book introduction.
Material before Genesis and Matthew are testament introductions.
The book and testament introductions are no problem, but there's a lot
of guess work as to what is a chapter introduction and what goes into
verse 1.
I'd like to suggest that
<div type="introduction">
....
</div>
is used by osis2mod to put material into a chapter introduction.
If it is present it and everything before it within a chapter are put
into the chapter introduction (verse 0) and that everything else
before verse 1 in a chapter is placed in verse 1.
For example, if we have:
<chapter ...>
<title type="chapter">Chapter 3</title>
<div type="introduction">
.....
</div>
<div type="section">
<title type="section">
....
</title>
<verse ...>
....
</verse>
....
</div>
Then
<chapter ...>
<title type="chapter">Chapter 3</title>
<div type="introduction">
.....
</div>
would be in the chapter introduction. (Note: a title with
type="chapter" is always in verse 0, since it is distinctly a chapter
title).
and
<div type="section">
<title type="section">
....
</title>
<verse ...>
....
</verse>
would be in verse 1.
Input welcomed and wanted!
In Him,
DM
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