Lines Possibly Lost / Text Possibly Breaks

Where lines are possibly lost or the text possibly breaks, gap should be used. To express uncertainty as to whether or not a line is actually present, a <certainty> element with a match corresponding to the parent element (i.e. gap) should be given a locus with a value of "name".

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<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line">
 <certainty match=".." locus="name"/>
</gap>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line">
 <certainty match=".." locus="name"/>
</gap>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style: [·· ? ··?]
IRT: 289
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line">
 <certainty match=".." locus="name"/>
</gap>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • DDbDP style:

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DDbDP: chla.4.249

Responsibility for this section

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