OSIS? 2.0.1 User's Manual - Web services are running on AMBIB

• line
Line milestones should be used to mark line breaks in the copy text when they <strong>are</strong>
considered significant. This will normally only be true for important manuscripts,
where line numbering may be needed for paleographic or reference use. Line
milestones must not be used to represent linguistically significant line breaks,
such as in poetry, for which the lg and l elements <strong>are</strong> provided.
• halfLine
In certain languages it is important to mark half-line units, and this type is
provided for such cases.
• screen
The milestone of type "screen" is to be used to mark preferred break points in an
on-screen rendering of the text. For example, if the user requests to be taken to the
book of Psalms in a given electronic edition, it may be best not to take them to
Psalm.1.1, but to an earlier point, preceding any introductory material. In many
cases this can be accomplished by taking them to the appropriate div (since the
should precede and Psalms-specific introductory
material); but this milestone type is available for other cases. The <strong>OSIS</strong>
specification does not impose requirements on how applications make use of such
milestones.
13. Common elements in all texts
The elements found in this section can be found in almost any encoded text.
13.1. a
The a element is exactly analogous to the HTML a element, and likewise may be used to
encode links within a document. This eases integration of <strong>OSIS</strong> documents into the <strong>Web</strong>
environment. For example:
See Edwards' famous treatise on religious
affections for additional information.
13.2. index
The index element may be placed at any point in the document to indicate a topic under
which that location should be indexed. It is always an empty element. Multiple indexes