  DM Smith dmsmith555 at yahoo.com Mon Jun 30 07:48:28 MST 2008
Adrian Korten wrote: > Good day, > I'm a newbie with OSIS. Could
someone say why you would prefer one over  > the other? Or how
this relates to how Crosswire handles the files? > ak Just a
partial answer. This is my opinion.  Why is OSIS preferred? *
The other formats that the SWORD engine supports have
deficiencies.  These are plain-text, GBF, and ThML. To me the
biggest problems are:     ** Plain-text is, well, plain. Most of
the e-texts that we make into  modules have a more robust
markup.     ** GBF is not xml. It does not separate presentation
from content.  Cross-references are ad-hoc. presentation from
content. Cross-references are ad-hoc. * CrossWire members helped
define OSIS as the format of choice for  Bibles and
Commentaries. other popular formats. * OSIS is being adopted by
publishers and Bible societies. * SWORD developers are all time-
limited volunteers. Most are focused on  front-end development.
While we will continue to support