I need input. I’m spearheading a project, way beyond my ability, called Extensible Scripture Markup Language. The idea is to develop a set of blog tools that support the ESML standard (whatever that turns out to be) and make it easier to use scripture.
Before we can do that, though, we need to know: What would you like to do with scripture? Remix? Tag? Hyperlink? Grid blog? Quote? Aggregate? Organize? Annotate? Comment? Reflect? Dissect? Tell me.
I’m thinking of the next generation of scripture tools. What would you like? How would you use scripture if you had a powerful set of web-based tools that worked with your blog? What else can you imagine that would be helpful to your time in the scriptures? What would encourage you to spend more time in the scriptures?
Here’s a little more on the project. Leave a comment here or there if you have input (which I hope you do).
This also looks interesting: XML Scripture Encoding Model
Side by side comparisons of different versions: NRSV, KJC, etc.
I once borrowed some software that allowed me to tag scripture and then comment in a different window. Whenever I hovered over the verse in the future I could see that I had commented on it in the past. Also when you hover or click it has always been useful to see the words in their original language.
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You might want to check out Theological Markup Language (ThML). It looks like they already have some sort of standard going there.
Here is a new WordPress plugin for the ESV:
http://www.esv.org/blog/2005/09/roberts.wordpress.plugin
Enjoy.
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I just released an update to the popular Scripturizer WordPress plugin with a new admin panel and include ESV text automatically options. Check out the Scripturizer Remix.
The answer to your original question is “Yes” to all of those things. It would be fantastic to have such tools and to be able to do all of those things.
Copywrite laws on Scripture, however, are a massive bummer.