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

value for this attribute. Such additions systems should be brought to the attention of the
<strong>OSIS</strong> editors.
• acrostic Use for tites where alignment of first or final letters of words in the title
<strong>are</strong> meaningful.
• continued Use for titles that <strong>are</strong> continuations of some other part of the title.
• main Use for the main title of a work.
• parallel Use where titles <strong>are</strong> given in alternative languages.
• psalm Use in the Psalms where what <strong>are</strong> considered "titles" in the English text <strong>are</strong>
actually numbered as verses in the Hebrew text.
• sub Use for subparts of a title.
21. osisIDs: Construction Rules
The really adventerous reader will consult the osisCore.2.0 schema for the regular
expression that governs the form of osisIDs. For those in a hurry or who simply want to
avoid the complexity of XML Schema regexes (the abbreviated form of regular
expressions) the following guide should suffice.
Any osisID is divided into a number of parts, some of which <strong>are</strong> optional, that is they can
be omitted and still have a valid osisID. The following breaks out the structure of an
osisID into its various parts and notes what is allowed in each part and what parts <strong>are</strong>
required.
21.1. Prefix: (optional)
The prefix to an osisID must contain at least one letter, number or underscore, that may
be followed by any number of letters, numbers or underscores, separated by periods, and
concluding in a colon ":". Note that if you use a prefix, the colon is required. The prefix
is optional.
Some examples of valid prefixes include:
• Bible:
• Bible.French:
• Spurgeon.Commentaries_Job:
21.2. Main (required)
The main part of an osisID consists of at least one letter, number or underscore, that may
be followed by any number of letters, numbers or underscores, separated by periods. The
main part of the osisID is required.
Note that one difference from traditional identification of Bible verses that <strong>OSIS</strong> uses a
period to separate the verse from the chapter. One usually sees, Gen. 1:1. That is what
should be displayed to the reader of a <strong>OSIS</strong> text, but use of whitespace as a separator