[Esip-preserve] Page Numbers for Kindle Books an Imperfect Solution - NYTimes.com

[Bruce Barkstrom]

That's interesting - and something I didn't know.  Is there a readable note
on when
that system was introduced in the Indian literature?  Was it before the
English
showed up or was it introduced after the Hindu scholars had seen it in
connection
with the King James version?  Wonder also about the Buddhist, Confucian, and
Muslim scholarly referencing systems for their particular sacred texts.

Maybe this is our chance to become "scholars" - if so, we can become
"scholastic" and teach it to students in schools.  Tying this idea to the
citation of very particular items in collections might be publishable -
particularly
if done with a "light" touch.

Bruce B.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Ramapriyan, Hampapuram K. (GSFC-4230) <
hampapuram.k.ramapriyan at nasa.gov> wrote:

> I should have added that Chapter, verse reference is what is used in
> Bhagavad-Gita and Ramayana as well.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org [mailto:
> esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org] On Behalf Of Ramapriyan,
> Hampapuram K. (GSFC-4230)
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:06 AM
> To: Mark A. Parsons; Bruce Barkstrom
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> Subject: Re: [Esip-preserve] Page Numbers for Kindle Books an Imperfect
> Solution - NYTimes.com
>
> Chapter and Verse makes a lot of sense. When we review softcopy documents,
> we usually indicate chapter, section, paragraph and sentence if we have a
> very specific comment. It is a good idea to have section/subsection
> numbering for that reason.
>
> Rama.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org [mailto:
> esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org] On Behalf Of Mark A. Parsons
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:41 PM
> To: Bruce Barkstrom
> Cc: esip-preserve at lists.esipfed.org
> Subject: Re: [Esip-preserve] Page Numbers for Kindle Books an Imperfect
> Solution - NYTimes.com
>
>
> On 9 Feb 2011, at 3:07 PM, Bruce Barkstrom wrote:
>
> > Sounds like the "metadata solution" of citing "Chapter and Verse"
> > in the King James Bible - quite an innovation at the time if I recall
> > correctly.
>
> Nice. I will use that (with due citation).
>
> I guess chapter and verse are similar to Amazon's location number, but we
> are hindered and helped by our tie to the medium--the page number.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -m.
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