Atomic Textual Units
Minimal units of textual segmentation that cannot contain or nest other notations within themselves.
| Construct | Definition | General Reference |
|---|---|---|
Plain | Signs used in the critical text which do not constitute the notation of phenomena. | 🔎 Plain |
Whitespace | Significant white space within the text, whether isolated or occurring between epigraphic phenomena. | 🔎 Whitespace |
LineBreak | A line break within the text, optionally accompanied by explicit line numbering. | 🔎 LineBreak |
WordBreak | Indicates a word break, marking the exact point where a sequence of signs or a word is interrupted, such as by a line break or a physical fracture in the epigraphic medium. | 🔎 WordBreak |
WritingConv | Notations used to describe the writing conventions with which the text is written as a sequence of signs. | 🔎 WritingConv |
direction (LineFlow) | The direction of writing. | 🔎 direction (LineFlow) |
language (LangCode) | The language of the text or part of it. | 🔎 language (LangCode) |
writing_system (WsCode) | The writing system of the text or part of it. | 🔎 writing_system (WsCode) |
unit_separator (UnitSeparator) | The spatial or graphic element, if present, that separates text units. | 🔎 unit_separator (UnitSeparator) |
text_unit (TextUnit) | The type of textual unit separated by a spatial or graphic separator. | 🔎 text_unit (TextUnit) |
SectionBreak | Indicates that the following text is part of the subsection indicated by the notation. | 🔎 SectionBreak |
LexicalUnit | The logical boundary of a lexical unit (word). | 🔎 LexicalUnit |