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On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:10, "David Fredin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> While I can not say much about the further OSIS conversion steps, I >> think you want to be cautious and very careful how you approach the >> Swedish Bible society. It is easy to upset people over copyrights >> and it takes years to recover from that. > Thanks for the warning, I will try to get them interested by showing > how the software works. I happen to live in the same city as the HQ > for the Swedish Bible society. > >> Dealing with similar situations I found most helpful having a ready >> text available, but also - and sometimes more improtantly having a >> translated front-end(s). Also have a look at GoBible (for J2MEE >> Mobile phones) - once you got your OSIS source ready this is an >> easy thing too and often gets people quite excited. > That sounds really good too. Though I would really like to show it off > on my iPhone, but there are no sword clients there yet? No native iPhone client yet due to Apple's software restrictions. They still haven't given me a final answer on whether or not they will allow open-sourced applications or not. I had worked up most of an iPhone web client which I could send your way and you could host on any Java-enabled server of your choice for the demo. Also, getting them to release in CCL might not be the most corporate- friendly suggestion. As the copyright holders they can give special permission to distribute in OSIS or SWORD format if they choose without giving up their copyright in a CCL move. Greg > > > // David > >> >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >>> Datum: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:41:27 +0200 >>> Von: "David Fredin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> An: "SWORD Developers\' Collaboration Forum" <[email protected] >>> > >>> Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] New OSIS chapter/verse checking utility >> >>> Interested in sharing the source for that conversion of html-bibles? >>> >>> I am working on a conversion of the Swedish Bible 2000 (not a >>> version >>> number but the year it was released :-) ). And so far I have >>> downloaded every chapter of the Bible as separate html-files, >>> imported >>> them into a sqlite-db with minimal html-markup (done with python + >>> the >>> BeautifulSoup-parser). So I suppose the last step to OSIS >>> shouldn't be >>> too hard. But any hints or pieces of advice is very welcome. >>> >>> The hardest part I suppose is to then talk the Swedish >>> biblecommission >>> into releasing it into the wild under an Creative Commons license, >>> or >>> such... >>> >>> All the best! >>> // David Fredin >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 22:13, Steven J. DeRose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> Great info, thanks David! I have code in there to cover the Psalm >>>> ascriptions, but I'll check vs. the sources you mention to be sure >>>> I've got them all covered. The Slavonic book order difference is >>>> new >>>> to me -- many thanks for pointing it out, I'll add an option for >>>> that. >>>> >>>> Side note -- i'm presently hacking at some code to convert a >>>> bunch of >>>> online bibles to very regular OSIS files, which I'll then put >>>> online >>>> somewhere (Troy, might you want to host them?). Anybody up for >>>> helping with that or taking a look at results as I produce them? (I >>>> wrote osisCheck mostly to ensure that my converters don't screw >>>> anything up....). >>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:33:08 -0700 (PDT) >>>>> From: David Haslam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] New OSIS chapter/verse checking utility >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >>>>> Take account that the Psalms are numbered differently in various >>>>> canons. >>> See >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms#Numbering >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms#Numbering >>>>> >>>>> And also that versification of the Psalms that have canonical >>> ascriptions >>>>> (such as "A Psalm of Asaph") can also differ. e.g. Most French >>>>> Bibles >>> assign >>>>> verse 1 to these, and offset the rest by +1. This observation >>>>> is not >>>>> included in the above Wikipedia page. >>>>> >>>>> The book order in the New Testament is not the same in Slavonic >>>>> Bibles >>> as it >>>>> is in the Western canon. The General Epistles are all between >>>>> Acts and >>>>> Romans. A useful link is >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_the_Bible >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_the_Bible >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> David Haslam >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Steve DeRose -- http://www.derose.net, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] >>>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ✉ mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> om >>> ☎ mobil: 073-8289776 >>> blog: http://fredin.org/david/blog/ >>> GodPod Sweden podcast: http://godpodsweden.com >>> Radio Kyrkans framtid: http://kyrkansframtid.se >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> >> -- >> Psssst! 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