One benefit of having markup is that rendering mark-up is left to the client. Even so, I'm looking at notes in Xiphos, Bibletime and Alkitab and each treats them slightly different ways.
For example the following note <note n="+"><reference type="source">8:15</reference></note> is rendered in: Xiphos as superscript link "*n%2B" (with contents of the note treated as footnote) Bibletime as hover link "+" (with the contents of the note in a window to the left of the main text) Alkitab as superscript flat text as "+" (with the contents of the note visible in a column to the left of the main text) Of the three the Alkitab approach seems to be most in line with what the OSIS manual says (about keeping notes inline). The Xiphos behavior complete perplexes me - how is *n%2B constructed? If a superscript is going to be generated, how can I influence that in the module? This note with out a reference <note type="study">the light from…: Heb. between the light and between the darkness</note> is rendered in: Xiphos as superscript link "*n2" (with contents of the note treated as footnote) Bibletime as hover link * (with the contents of the note in a window to the left of the main text) Alkitab as a superscript 'a' (with the contents of the note visible in a column to the left of the main text) The OSIS2 Manual says a little about notes on page 44 section 8.3 but points out that notes are not sharply defined. Certainly the treatment of them by clients reflects this. So this raises a question for OSIS module developers: Doesn't this represent somewhat of a weakness with the OSIS standard? What exceptions can we have with respect to notes containing other elements, for example references with in notes? Doesn't it seems the module developer is at the mercy of client program a bit too much because of something of a lack of clarity on the part of the standard? ~Andrew _______________________________________________ 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
