<s>
Open	B-Language
Scripture	I-Language
Information	I-Language
Standard	I-Language
(	O
OSIS	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
application	O
(	O
or	O
schema	B-Language
)	O
,	O
that	O
defines	O
tags	O
for	O
marking	O
up	O
Bibles	O
,	O
theological	O
commentaries	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
related	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
schema	B-Language
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Text	B-Language
Encoding	I-Language
Initiative	I-Language
,	O
though	O
on	O
the	O
one	O
hand	O
much	O
simpler	O
(	O
by	O
omission	O
of	O
many	O
unneeded	O
constructs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
adding	O
much	O
more	O
detailed	O
metadata	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
formal	O
canonical	O
reference	O
system	O
to	O
identify	O
books	O
,	O
chapters	O
,	O
verses	O
,	O
and	O
particular	O
locations	O
within	O
verses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
work	O
declaration	O
provides	O
basic	O
catalog	O
information	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Dublin	O
Core	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
assigns	O
a	O
local	O
short	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
work	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
XML	B-Language
namespace	I-Language
declarations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSIS	B-Language
gives	O
particular	O
attention	O
to	O
encoding	O
overlapping	O
markup	O
,	O
because	O
Bibles	O
exhibit	O
such	O
markup	O
frequently	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
verses	O
crossing	O
paragraph	O
boundaries	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OSIS	B-Language
schema	B-Language
introduced	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
encoding	O
overlap	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
known	O
as	O
Trojan	O
milestones	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Clix	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OSIS	B-Language
schema	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Bible	O
Technologies	O
Group	O
,	O
a	O
joint	O
committee	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
Bible	O
Society	O
and	O
the	O
Society	O
of	O
Biblical	O
Literature	O
.	O
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