Was the bible the first blog?
Semantic World and Cyberspace - the Holy Bibel as Placeless Content: "Inside a book, a destinction into chapters was made. So we have John 1,2,3,4,5 ... 21. In each chapter the verses where numbered. The verse number is written after the chapter number, normally like: "John 3,15". And voilá, we can identify bible passages in all languages and cultures and over the last 1000 years with this system. Great, isn't it, if you read age-old books about the bible, they use the same URIs as we do, where do you find this persistency anymore ? If I go to the St. Stephen's Cathedral in the Center of Vienna, there are stones from the 15th century there quoting bible passages, using the same identifiers as I am using here to quote Joh 3,15 (this is in german). So referencing works in all Bible Translations in all languages and cultures."