Z3986 Requirements Detail

Requirement Submission: References to Bible Verses

(R2) Title: References to Bible Verses

Description:

Standard Bible references are to individual verses which are usually sentences. If there are multiple phrases within a verse, references can be made to each phrase using a,b,c, e.g. James 1:3a.

Also, page numbers are used for reference but only for specific printed versions, i.e. there is no correlation between page numbers and verses across different versions.

Scenario:

Go to John 3:16
Go to page 397 of the New Testament in the Revised Standard Version of your pew Bible

Rationale:

Historical standard for Bible references

Target Group: End User, other

Submitted by Kathy Kahl (End User, other)

Comments: 5 Rating=3.6: 1(2) 2(0) 3(0) 4(2) 5(3) Category: Usability Priority: Consider

Comment from Phil Lawson

Just to clarify, does this mean the end user would be able to enter the value of a book, chapter and verse on a standard player and go there instantly? If so, this would be one of the most valuable features of DAISY from our perspective as it transforms the DAISY Bible from a book to a study tool. Phil Lawson Head Studio Engineer CBM Australia

Comment from K Kahl

Optimal data structures in the next version of DAISY would hopefully enable navigation such as this to be implemented in a variety of ways. Individual players would certainly have restrictions, such as file sizes. Are there more detailed requirements to be entered relating to this as one of the most widely-spread applications of detailed study and reading requirements? For example, could DAISY support extensive annotations and cross references at the level of word indexing, dictionary and translation lookup, pulled in across volumes/books, etc?

Comment from Greg Kearney

I have considered each verse to be a phase in my productions. We might also consider other scriptures such as the LDS D&D or the Koran which use numbered sections and numbered verses for example D&C (:10 (section 9 verse 10) it would be nice to provide some means of navigation directly to a given verse.

Comment from Marisa DeMeglio

This seems like it is largely a player issue. Maybe the requirement from a standards point of view is that the standard shouldn't break this feature, and maybe even see what it could do to make it better. I have gotten requests for AMIS about similar things -- going to a section by entering its number, even if it's not numbered. E.g. "Go to 1.2" would go to the 1st section's 2nd subsection. There's no problem with the existing standard but maybe certain types of publications would like to have more control over how a numbered hierarchy would correspond to content.

Comment from J. Sutton

Note this reference that was cited in an essay distributed to the ATHEN mailing list by Bob Martinengo. See: http://www.bibletechnologies.net/ The site indicates that: "The Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS) is an XML schema for marking up scripture and related text, part of an "open scripture" initiative composed of translators, publishers, scholars, software manufacturers, and technical experts who are coordinated by the Bible Technologies Group."

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