How will OSIS benefit the people who will read these Bible texts on a daily basis?
The reader will have more and more control over the presentation of Bible content. They will be able to select the medium in which it is delivered and other aspects that make the product meaningful to them. All this will be done while still giving publishers the ability to safeguard Bible content and monitor how it is being used. Readers will benefit indirectly as well. Because the introduction of errors at every stage of translation and production can be reduced, the final translations and editions people read should be of higher quality. Readers will, copyright permitting, also be able to use the same texts with multiple formats and software products, rather than having to read all of one publisher’s books in one program, all of another’s in a different one, and so on. This motivates Bible software vendors to do a better job. With data standards in place, you can change software without re-purchasing your entire theological library every time. Vendors who can excel in any dimension t
