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<gap>

gap

indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether for editorial reasons described in the TEI header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is illegible, invisible, or inaudible.

Module coreCOEDADD

Attributes

Global and inherited attributes:
att.global @xml:id@n@xml:lang@xml:base@xml:space
att.global.analytic @ana
att.global.change @change
att.global.facs @facs
att.global.linking @corresp@synch@sameAs@copyOf@next@prev@exclude@select
att.global.rendition @rend@style@rendition
att.global.responsibility @cert@resp
att.global.source @source
att.cmc @generatedBy
att.dimensions @unit@quantity@extent@precision@scope
att.ranging @atLeast@atMost@min@max@confidence
att.editLike @evidence@instant
att.timed @start@end
att.duration
att.duration.iso @dur-iso
att.duration.w3c @dur
@reasongives the reason for omission.
Status
Optional
Datatype
1–∞ occurrences of teidata.enumerated separated by whitespace
Suggested values
cancelled
(cancelled)
deleted
(deleted)
editorial
(editorial) for features omitted from transcription due to editorial policy
illegible
(illegible)
inaudible
(inaudible)
irrelevant
(irrelevant)
sampling
(sampling)
@agentin the case of text omitted because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
Sample values
rubbing
(rubbing) damage results from rubbing of the leaf edges
mildew
(mildew) damage results from mildew on the leaf surface
smoke
(smoke) damage results from smoke

Classes and content

Member of
model.global.edit
May contain

certainty

core

Contained by

analysis

cmc

core

corpus

dictionaries

drama

figures

header

linking

msdescription

namesdates

nets

spoken

tagdocs

textcrit

textstructure

transcr

verse

Note

The gap, unclear, and del core tag elements may be closely allied in use with the damage and supplied elements, available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources. See section Use of the for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

The gap tag simply signals the editors decision to omit or inability to transcribe a span of text. Other information, such as the interpretation that text was deliberately erased or covered, should be indicated using the relevant tags, such as del in the case of deliberate deletion.

Examples

<gap quantity="4" unit="chars" reason="illegible"/>

<gap quantity="1" unit="essay" reason="sampling"/>

<del>
  <gap atLeast="4" atMost="8" unit="chars" reason="illegible"/>
</del>

<gap extent="several lines" reason="lost"/>

Content model

<content>
        <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <classRef key="model.descLike"/>
        <classRef key="model.certLike"/>
      </alternate>
  </content>