Implement ways for the bot to resolve references to Bahá'í scripture:
jump-to commands
This is an evolution of the reader functionality (see discussion at #14) to allow the bot to link to given paragraphs and pages of various Bahá'í scripture. Per @brettz9 this has already been implemented via the /works-by-... commands:
Automatic parsing
Bots such as BibleBot will automatically parse references to scripture and display or link to the verse in question, as seen in the screenshot below. It would be nice to have something similar for references to different Bahá'í Writings—but in light of our experiences with implementing the reader, preference would go to linking to offsite documents.
The main issue with this system would be figuring out in what format scriptural references should be given in order to be properly parsed. For instance, parsing something like "John 3:16" or "Quran 42:4" is very easy because the system of biblical referencing is very well established and both the Bible and Qur'an lend themselves well to this (with the whole book/chapter/verse format of those books).
Resolving references
Some Bahá'í books are easier to parse than others - for instance, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is already very clearly and authoritatively split into paragraphs and so something like "Aqdas K95", "Aqdas n14" or "Adqas Q7" makes sense. Other books like, say, Paris Talks, are not split up in this way, so references to this book would be much harder to handle and would fall into the issues raised in #2 - what counts as a paragraph or sub-paragraph.
Feel free to take time to discuss this one, as I feel like it may take some work to properly scope it out.
Implement ways for the bot to resolve references to Bahá'í scripture:
jump-to commands
This is an evolution of the reader functionality (see discussion at #14) to allow the bot to link to given paragraphs and pages of various Bahá'í scripture. Per @brettz9 this has already been implemented via the /works-by-... commands:
Automatic parsing
Bots such as BibleBot will automatically parse references to scripture and display or link to the verse in question, as seen in the screenshot below. It would be nice to have something similar for references to different Bahá'í Writings—but in light of our experiences with implementing the reader, preference would go to linking to offsite documents.
The main issue with this system would be figuring out in what format scriptural references should be given in order to be properly parsed. For instance, parsing something like "John 3:16" or "Quran 42:4" is very easy because the system of biblical referencing is very well established and both the Bible and Qur'an lend themselves well to this (with the whole book/chapter/verse format of those books).
Resolving references
Some Bahá'í books are easier to parse than others - for instance, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is already very clearly and authoritatively split into paragraphs and so something like "Aqdas K95", "Aqdas n14" or "Adqas Q7" makes sense. Other books like, say, Paris Talks, are not split up in this way, so references to this book would be much harder to handle and would fall into the issues raised in #2 - what counts as a paragraph or sub-paragraph.
Feel free to take time to discuss this one, as I feel like it may take some work to properly scope it out.