Data Model for Importing Scripture Highlighting

[Agent16774]

Hey Forum,

I am looking for a more advanced feature for the LDS website that I think might help users make the difficult transition from "analog
scriptures to "digital" ones.

I was thinking about having the ability to display highlighting and links via a data model that can be rendered into the scriptures. For example:

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{
	"dc": {
		"35": {
			"13": {
				"tags": ["thrash", "commandments"],
				"highlight": [{
					"color": "red",
					"start": 0,
					"end": 15
				}]
			}
		}
	}
}

This work highlight D&C section 35:13 in red from word 0 to word 15.

It is NOT a perfect model and there would need to be some iteration on how to get this to work properly, but if it was implemented it would allow for users to manage their highlighting with more ease, it could enable teachers to distribute scripture links and so forth in emails.

Some other considerations would need to be put in place:
- Multi-input (files with the same highlighting: eg concatenation, etc.)
- Data Validation

I have some more ideas about how to make this feature really nice.

Thanks!

[mevans]

You can submit your ideas through the "Feedback" link at the bottom of most pages on lds.org. You can include a link to your post in your feedback.

There might be some interesting ideas with this, including being able to save your highlights and notes (as people have reported them disappearing at times). You could share them with others.

You mentioned it needs refining. A couple of things off the top of my head: Besides tags and highlight, you'd need comments, and maybe notebook. Maybe I want to open the links and see them, but don't want them merged with my notes. You could even add "image" so the scripture sticker vendors could sell us images to put on the verses We'd need to think of ways to do this. I'm not sure how it all would work, but I think there are potential uses for such a format.