Words Omitted by Editor for Brevity

Word or words omitted for the sake of brevity or emphasis by the editor while discussing or quoting a text.

The omitted words should be placed inside a gap element whose reason attribute should have a value of "ellipsis".

‘... or [...]’Silvio Panciera XI.4Josh Sosin
<gap reason="ellipsis"/>
<gap reason="ellipsis"/>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style: ...
IRT: 738
<gap reason="ellipsis" quantity="1" unit="line">
 <desc>Demotic</desc>
</gap>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • DDbDP style: Demotic 1 line
DDbDP: bgu.2.459#1

Responsibility for this section

  1. Scott Vanderbilt, author
  2. Charlotte Tupman, author
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Date: 2013-05-02