Open Scripture Information Standard

Open Scripture Information Standard
Open Scripture Information Standard
Filename extension	xml
Latest release	2.1.1; 2006; 20 years ago
Website	crosswire.org/osis/

Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS) is an XML application (or schema), that defines tags for marking up Bibles, theological commentaries, and other related literature.

Description

The schema is very similar to that of the Text Encoding Initiative, though on the one hand much simpler (by omission of many unneeded constructs), and on the other hand adding much more detailed metadata, and a formal canonical reference system to identify books, chapters, verses, and particular locations within verses.

The metadata includes a "work declaration" for the work itself, and for each work it references. A work declaration provides basic catalog information based on the Dublin Core standard, and assigns a local short name for the work (similar to XML namespace declarations).

Significant Features

OSIS gives particular attention to encoding overlapping markup, because Bibles exhibit such markup frequently, for example verses crossing paragraph boundaries and vice versa. The OSIS schema introduced a method for encoding overlap in XML, known as Trojan milestones, or "Clix".^[1]^[2]

Development

The OSIS schema was developed by the Bible Technologies Group, a joint committee sponsored by the American Bible Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. Other participants in the standards work are the United Bible Societies, SIL International, and various national Bible societies, along with individual expert volunteers.

The officers include Steven DeRose (chair), Kees DeBlois (vice-chair), and Patrick Durusau (editor). As of mid-2006, the current version is 2.1.1.

References

↑ Steven DeRose, Markup Overlap: A Review and a Horse, Proceedings of the Extreme Markup (2004)
↑ Syd Bauman, TEI HORSEing Around, Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the Extreme Markup (2005), (http://en.scientificcommons.org/43599936 Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Abstract)

External links

The OSIS Website
OSIS User Manual, OSIS Schema 2.1.1, 2006
Go Bible – electronic Bible application for mobile phones created using OSIS and Theological Markup Language

[DeRose2004-1] Steven DeRose, Markup Overlap: A Review and a Horse, Proceedings of the Extreme Markup (2004)

[2] Syd Bauman, TEI HORSEing Around, Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the Extreme Markup (2005), (http://en.scientificcommons.org/43599936 Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Abstract)

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