cat

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Description

Note Category.

Syntax help
  • USFM: \cat category\cat*

  • USX: category is expressed as an attribute applied to a [Footnote], [CrossReference], [Sidebar] element.
    <note caller="-" style="ef" @category>content</note>
    <sidebar style="esb" @category>content</sidebar>

    category

    A single category term, or a space separated list of categories. Each category is a single word (e.g. "people"), and may be single character (e.g. "1").

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[Footnote], [CrossReference], [Sidebar]

Added

2.1

Diagrams

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  • USX

cat rail
cat usx

Examples

  • USFM

  • USX

  • USJ

Example 1. Category in extended footnotes - Matthew 1.2-11 (GNTUK Study Bible)
\id MAT
\c 1
\p
\v 1 This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David,
who was a descendant of Abraham.
\p
\v 2-6a From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar
\ef - \cat People\cat*\fr 1.2-6a: \fq Tamar: \ft Bore her twin sons out of wedlock
(Gen 38.6-30).\ef*), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was
Rahab\ef - \cat People\cat*\fr 1.2-6a: \fq Rahab: \ft A prostitute in Jericho
(Josh 2.1-21; 6.17-25; Jas 2.25).\ef*), Obed (his mother was Ruth\ef -
\cat People\cat*\fr 1.2-6a: \fq Ruth: \ft A Moabite (Ruth 1.4). Only outstanding
women were normally included in Jewish genealogical lists.\ef*), Jesse, and
King David.
\p
\v 6b-11 From David to the time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in
Babylon\ef - \fr 1.6b-11: \fq exile in Babylon: \ft In 597 \sc BC\sc* King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia conquered Jerusalem and took many of its inhabitants as
prisoners to his country (2 Kgs 24.10-16; 2 Chr 36.9-10).\ef*, the following
ancestors are listed: ...
Example 2. Category in sidebars - Matthew 1.2-11 (GNTUK Study Bible)
<usx version="3.0">
  <book code="MAT" style="id"/>
  <chapter number="1" style="c" sid="MAT 1"/>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="MAT 1:1"/>This is the list of the
    ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant
    of Abraham.<verse eid="MAT 2:1"/></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="2-6a" style="v" sid="MAT 1:2-6a"/>From Abraham to King David,
    the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his
    brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was
    Tamar<note caller="-" style="ef" category="People">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">1.2-6a: </char>
      <char style="fq" closed="false">Tamar: </char>
      <char style="ft" closed="false">Bore her twin sons out of wedlock
      (Gen 38.6-30).</char></note>), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon,
    Boaz (his mother was Rahab<note caller="-" style="ef" category="People">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">1.2-6a: </char>
      <char style="fq" closed="false">Rahab: </char>
      <char style="ft" closed="false">A prostitute in Jericho (Josh 2.1-21;
    6.17-25; Jas 2.25).</char></note>), Obed (his mother was
    Ruth<note caller="-" style="ef" category="People">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">1.2-6a: </char>
      <char style="fq" closed="false">Ruth: </char>
      <char style="ft" closed="false">A Moabite (Ruth 1.4). Only outstanding
    women were normally included in Jewish genealogical lists.</char></note>),
    Jesse, and King David.<verse eid="MAT 1:2-6a"/></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="6b-11" style="v" sid="MAT 1:6b-11"/>From David to the
    time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in
    Babylon<note caller="-" style="ef"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6b-11:
    </char><char style="fq" closed="false">exile in Babylon:
    </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In 597
    </char><char style="sc">BC</char> King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia conquered
    Jerusalem and took many of its inhabitants as prisoners to his country (2 Kgs
    24.10-16; 2 Chr 36.9-10).</note>, the following ancestors are listed:
    ...<verse eid="MAT 1:6b-11"/></para>
  <chapter eid="MAT 1"/>
</usx>
Example 3. Category in sidebars - Matthew 1.2-11 (GNTUK Study Bible)
{
  "type": "USJ",
  "version": "3.1",
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "book",
      "marker": "id",
      "code": "MAT",
      "content": []
    },
    {
      "type": "chapter",
      "marker": "c",
      "number": "1",
      "sid": "MAT 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "para",
      "marker": "p",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "verse",
          "marker": "v",
          "number": "1",
          "sid": "MAT 1:1"
        },
        "This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "para",
      "marker": "p",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "verse",
          "marker": "v",
          "number": "2-6a",
          "sid": "MAT 1:2-6a"
        },
        "From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar",
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "category": "People",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["1.2-6a: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fq",
              "content": ["Tamar: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "ft",
              "content": ["Bore her twin sons out of wedlock (Gen 38.6-30)."]
            }
          ]
        },
        "), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab",
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "category": "People",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["1.2-6a: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fq",
              "content": ["Rahab: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "ft",
              "content": [
                "A prostitute in Jericho (Josh 2.1-21; 6.17-25; Jas 2.25)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "), Obed (his mother was Ruth",
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "category": "People",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["1.2-6a: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fq",
              "content": ["Ruth: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "ft",
              "content": [
                "A Moabite (Ruth 1.4). Only outstanding women were normally included in Jewish genealogical lists."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "), Jesse, and King David."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "para",
      "marker": "p",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "verse",
          "marker": "v",
          "number": "6b-11",
          "sid": "MAT 1:6b-11"
        },
        "From David to the time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in Babylon",
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["1.6b-11: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fq",
              "content": ["exile in Babylon: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "ft",
              "content": ["In 597 "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["BC"]
            },
            " King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia conquered Jerusalem and took many of its inhabitants as prisoners to his country (2 Kgs 24.10-16; 2 Chr 36.9-10)."
          ]
        },
        ", the following ancestors are listed: ..."
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Matthew 1.2-11 (GNTUK Study Bible)
  • USFM

  • USX

  • USJ

Example 4. Current Column - Matthew 2.4 (CEV Learning Bible)
\id MAT
\c 2
\p ...
\v 4 \ef - \fr 2.4: \fk Chief Priests\ef*\ef - \fr 2.4: \fk Teachers of the
Law\ef*He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and
asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
\esb \cat Ideas\cat*
\ms Dates in B.C. and A.D.
\p The initials \sc b.c.\sc* have traditionally been an abbreviation for “Before
Christ.” If \bk Luke\bk*'s dating is correct, then Jesus was born at least four
years before the years known as \sc a.d.\sc* began. (\sc a.d.\sc* stands for the
Latin phrase “in the year of our Lord”). Christian dating was actually not
introduced until \sc a.d.\sc* 526 by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus. He was given
the job of creating a calendar for the feasts of the church. He fixed the birth
of Jesus in the Roman year 754, which was selected as the first year of the
Christian era beginning on January 1. Dionysius apparently misjudged Herod's
reign by about five years.
\p The initials \sc b.c.\sc*e. (Before the Common Era) and c.e. (in the Common
Era) are sometimes used for the traditional \sc b.c.\sc* and \sc a.d.\sc*
\esbe
\p
\v 5 \ef - \fr 2.5: \fk Prophet\ef*“In the town of Bethlehem in Judea,” they
answered. “For this is what the prophet wrote:
Example 5. Current Column - Matthew 2.4 (CEV Learning Bible)
<usx version="3.0">
  <book code="MAT" style="id"/>
  <chapter number="2" style="c" sid="MAT 2"/>
  <para style="p">...
  <verse number="4" style="v" sid="MAT 2:4"/><note caller="-" style="ef">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">2.4: </char>
      <char style="fk" closed="false">Chief Priests</char></note><note
      caller="-" style="ef">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">2.4: </char>
      <char style="fk" closed="false">Teachers of the Law</char></note>He
    called together all the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and asked
    them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”</para>
  <sidebar style="esb" category="Ideas">
    <para style="ms" vid="MAT 2:4">Dates in B.C. and A.D.</para>
    <para style="p" vid="MAT 2:4">The initials <char style="sc">b.c.</char> have
      traditionally been an abbreviation for “Before Christ.” If
      <char style="bk">Luke</char>'s dating is correct, then Jesus was born at
      least four years before the years known as <char style="sc">a.d.</char>
      began. (<char style="sc">a.d.</char> stands for the Latin phrase “in the
      year of our Lord”). Christian dating was actually not introduced until
      <char style="sc">a.d.</char> 526 by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus. He was
      given the job of creating a calendar for the feasts of the church. He
      fixed the birth of Jesus in the Roman year 754, which was selected as the
      first year of the Christian era beginning on January 1. Dionysius
      apparently misjudged Herod's reign by about five years.</para>
    <para style="p" vid="MAT 2:4">The initials <char style="sc">b.c.</char>e.
      (Before the Common Era) and c.e. (in the Common Era) are sometimes used
      for the traditional <char style="sc">b.c.</char> and
      <char style="sc">a.d.</char><verse eid="MAT 2:4"/></para>
  </sidebar>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="MAT 2:5"/>
    <note caller="-" style="ef">
      <char style="fr" closed="false">2.5: </char>
      <char style="fk" closed="false">Prophet</char>
    </note>“In the town of
    Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. “For this is what the prophet
    wrote:<verse eid="MAT 2:5"/></para>
  <chapter eid="MAT 2"/>
</usx>
Example 6. Current Column - Matthew 2.4 (CEV Learning Bible)
{
  "type": "USJ",
  "version": "3.1",
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "book",
      "marker": "id",
      "code": "MAT",
      "content": []
    },
    {
      "type": "chapter",
      "marker": "c",
      "number": "2",
      "sid": "MAT 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "para",
      "marker": "p",
      "content": [
        "... ",
        {
          "type": "verse",
          "marker": "v",
          "number": "4",
          "sid": "MAT 2:4"
        },
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["2.4: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fk",
              "content": ["Chief Priests"]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["2.4: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fk",
              "content": ["Teachers of the Law"]
            }
          ]
        },
        "He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "sidebar",
      "marker": "esb",
      "category": "Ideas",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "para",
          "marker": "ms",
          "content": ["Dates in B.C. and A.D."]
        },
        {
          "type": "para",
          "marker": "p",
          "content": [
            "The initials ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["b.c."]
            },
            " have traditionally been an abbreviation for “Before Christ.” If ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "bk",
              "content": ["Luke"]
            },
            "'s dating is correct, then Jesus was born at least four years before the years known as ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["a.d."]
            },
            " began. (",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["a.d."]
            },
            " stands for the Latin phrase “in the year of our Lord”). Christian dating was actually not introduced until ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["a.d."]
            },
            " 526 by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus. He was given the job of creating a calendar for the feasts of the church. He fixed the birth of Jesus in the Roman year 754, which was selected as the first year of the Christian era beginning on January 1. Dionysius apparently misjudged Herod's reign by about five years."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "para",
          "marker": "p",
          "content": [
            "The initials ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["b.c."]
            },
            "e. (Before the Common Era) and c.e. (in the Common Era) are sometimes used for the traditional ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["b.c."]
            },
            " and ",
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "sc",
              "content": ["a.d."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "para",
      "marker": "p",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "verse",
          "marker": "v",
          "number": "5",
          "sid": "MAT 2:5"
        },
        {
          "type": "note",
          "marker": "ef",
          "caller": "-",
          "content": [
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fr",
              "content": ["2.5: "]
            },
            {
              "type": "char",
              "marker": "fk",
              "content": ["Prophet"]
            }
          ]
        },
        "“In the town of Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. “For this is what the prophet wrote:"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Matthew 2.4 (CEV Learning Bible)

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