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| When referencing the scriptures, one verse can have many titles. Do you use John 3:16, St. John 3:16, Saint John 3:16 or St John 3:16? | When referencing the scriptures, one verse can have many titles. Do you use John 3:16, St. John 3:16, Saint John 3:16 or St John 3:16? | ||
| - | These exports standardize on a format that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has provided in their canon of scripture. | + | The exports have multiple formats so that users can choose one they like. |
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| + | Using the SQLite database as an example, you can see the different column names. Here, for volumes: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | sqlite> .mode line | ||
| + | sqlite> select * from volumes; | ||
| + | id = 1 | ||
| + | volume_title = Old Testament | ||
| + | volume_long_title = The Old Testament | ||
| + | volume_subtitle = | ||
| + | volume_short_title = OT | ||
| + | volume_lds_url = ot | ||
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| + | id = 2 | ||
| + | volume_title = New Testament | ||
| + | volume_long_title = The New Testament | ||
| + | volume_subtitle = Of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ | ||
| + | volume_short_title = NT | ||
| + | volume_lds_url = nt | ||
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| + | id = 3 | ||
| + | volume_title = Book of Mormon | ||
| + | volume_long_title = The Book of Mormon | ||
| + | volume_subtitle = Another Testament of Jesus Christ | ||
| + | volume_short_title = BoM | ||
| + | volume_lds_url = bm | ||
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| + | id = 4 | ||
| + | volume_title = Doctrine and Covenants | ||
| + | volume_long_title = The Doctrine and Covenants | ||
| + | volume_subtitle = | ||
| + | volume_short_title = D&C | ||
| + | volume_lds_url = dc | ||
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| + | id = 5 | ||
| + | volume_title = Pearl of Great Price | ||
| + | volume_long_title = The Pearl of Great Price | ||
| + | volume_subtitle = | ||
| + | volume_short_title = PGP | ||
| + | volume_lds_url = pgp | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| - | If you look at the front of your Book of Mormon you'll see a page with the title **Abbreviations and Designations in Footnotes and Index**, and this is the formatting scheme used. So in the case of our example, the verse would be referenced as "John 3:16" in the indexes and footnotes. | ||
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