USFM Berean Standard Bible with additional markers linking entities to Wikidata. The text itself is unchanged.
The following markers are being added to the USFM markup:
zwd is a character marker that links an identifiable person to a Wikidata item. Attributes for zwd are:
- id (mandatory): the Wikidata Q-id of the person.
- t (optional, default 1): the type of the reference. 1 (primary) means the character is present in the story or the general context around it. 2 (secondary) means the character is only being referred to. 3 means the character is being used as a symbol for something else.
Example: \zwd Abraham|id="Q9181"\zwd* was the father of \zwd Isaac|id="Q671872"\zwd*
The id parameter is the default parameter, so e.g. \zwd Abraham|Q9181\zwd* may also be used.
If a segment of text refers to multiple people at once, the id may be multiple comma-separated values.
Example: the two \zwd sons of Zebedee|Q44015,Q43999\zwd*
zwd markers may be nested (for example, if a person is identified by their relationship to another): He saw \zwd \zwd Peter|Q33923\zwd*’s mother-in-law|Q23581940\zwd* sick.
An id of nil may be used for phrases that may be confused for names but are not.
The primary goals of this tagging are to link the reader to supplementary information, and to connect references across the text.
Currently, pronouns and people who cannot be linked to a name with reasonable inference are not marked.
zdate is a standalone milestone that indicates the date (and optionally, time) when the events being described occurred.
Markers look like \zdate|date="Q302"\*, \zdate|Q302\*, or \zdate|min="Q302:P569" max="Q302:P570"\*.
It has one parameter date, which can be:
- A Wikidata ID and property (e.g.
Q302:P570), indicating that the date is the value of that property. - A Wikidata ID, property, property value, and qualifier property (e.g.
Q334739:P39:Q26835654:P580), indicating that the date is the value of that qualifier.
date can also be made relative by appending one or more of the following:
- A
+and an ISO 8601 duration to add that relative duration (ex:Q302:P570+P-40D). - A
>and a month name to advance to the next occurrence of that month (ex:Q302:P570>Nisan). - A
>and a month!day to advance to the next occurrence of that day of the month (ex:Q302:P570>Nisan!12). These will be evaluated in order.
The Berean Bible and Majority Bible texts are officially dedicated to the public domain as of April 30, 2023.
The modifications made in this repository are similarly dedicated to the public domain (CC0).
See https://berean.bible/ for attribution and terms.