Hi Jamie, Thanks. I had a look at the data, that’s quite complex! Even a bit intimidating ...
I suppose STEPBible has some library functions that parse this data? Can you point me to any APIs? Best regards, Tobias > Am 06.05.2020 um 15:04 schrieb Jamie <a...@critos.co.uk>: > > Hi Tobias, > > Not sure that this exactly answers your question, but just in case it’s > relevant, Tyndale House have various public domain information available, > including material on alternative versification schemes. The reversification > material gives details of how to map LXX, MT and Vulgate schemes on to NRSVA > (and also addresses some other schemes which are perhaps less frequently > encountered). It also caters for common variants which basically follow one > of these schemes, but which have certain verses split up into subverses. You > can find the data at :- > > https://github.com/tyndale/STEPBible-Data/blob/master/TVTMS%20-%20Tyndale%20Versification%20Traditions%20with%20Methodology%20for%20Standardisation%20for%20Eng%2BHeb%2BLat%2BGrk%2BOthers%20-%20TyndaleHouse.com%20STEPBible.org%20CC%20BY-NC.txt > > <https://github.com/tyndale/STEPBible-Data/blob/master/TVTMS%20-%20Tyndale%20Versification%20Traditions%20with%20Methodology%20for%20Standardisation%20for%20Eng%2BHeb%2BLat%2BGrk%2BOthers%20-%20TyndaleHouse.com%20STEPBible.org%20CC%20BY-NC.txt> > > If you do want to make use of it, I’d be very happy to try to answer any > questions. > > Regards, > > ARA “Jamie” Jamieson > > > > From: Tobias Klein [mailto:cont...@tklein.info] > Sent: 05 May 2020 21:19 > To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org> > Subject: [sword-devel] Versification Mapping > > Hi, > > I would like to ask a question that I was planning to ask for a while already > ... > What's the recommended solution of mapping different versification systems? > > And what working implementations for this are already out there? > > I realize that my understanding of versifications has been a bit limited and > that's visible in Ezra Project's implementation of the mapping. I am > currently only differentiating between two versification systems, namely the > English versification (used in most/all (?) English translations) and the > Hebrew versification (used in most modern German translations). > > It's been a few years since I looked into this and I think this has been my > source (SBL Handbook of Style) > https://books.google.de/books?id=M_upBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=appendix+english/hebrew/greek+versification&source=bl&ots=CXVR0J6YrI&sig=ACfU3U3hEIPgNxmmUQW1kZJaRAtHl78L-g&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilyoPUwp3pAhUrzqYKHVk4BtIQ6AEwAXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=appendix%20english%2Fhebrew%2Fgreek%20versification&f=false > > <https://books.google.de/books?id=M_upBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=appendix+english/hebrew/greek+versification&source=bl&ots=CXVR0J6YrI&sig=ACfU3U3hEIPgNxmmUQW1kZJaRAtHl78L-g&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilyoPUwp3pAhUrzqYKHVk4BtIQ6AEwAXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=appendix%20english%2Fhebrew%2Fgreek%20versification&f=false> > My current approach in Ezra Project to map between English and Hebrew > versification is the following: > > I use "absolute verse numbers" in each book. > I have mapping tables that basically define offsets for the "absolute verse > numbers" (see implementation here > <https://github.com/tobias-klein/ezra-project/blob/master/models/versereference.js#L177>). > The versification (currently only English or Hebrew) of the respective > translation is detected based on some simple dynamic tests when opening it. > I have functions to convert between one and the other "absolute verse > numbers" based on the mapping. > Verse Reference objects are stored both with the English and Hebrew absolute > verse numbers and these objects are used for assigning tags, notes, etc. > This works fairly well when using English translations and German > translations. The result is for example that tags that were assigned to > verses of an English translation still show up correctly for the verses in a > German translation. This is particularly visible in Psalms. > > How flawed is my current approach described above? > How do other frontends do it? > Have there been plans to somehow integrate some sort of mapping functionality > into the SWORD engine? > > Best regards, > Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > <http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel> > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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