White Space

Significant white space within the text, whether isolated or occurring between epigraphic phenomena. The following rules define a white space as significant:

• isolated in plain text (cf. example 1).
• inserted in plain text between text blocks as a word separator (cf. example 2).
• inserted inside blocks of epigraphic phenomena or nested epigraphic phenomena (cf. example 3).
• inserted, even alone, inside an Omitted phenomenon to express a deliberate omission of a white space by the scribe (cf. example 4). White spaces appearing before or after delimiters are not significant and are thus ignored, treated with laxity as editorial typos.

Syntax

Any white space character.

Overview

• 𝑊 = any white space.

Examples

 ab c 

[ ab c ]

< >

EpiDoc Outputs

<ab> 
</ab>

 ab c 

<ab> ab c </ab>

[ ab c ]

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" cert="medium"> ab c </supplied>
</ab>

< >

<ab>
    <supplied reason="omitted" cert="medium">
    </supplied>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

WS

 ab c 

WS
Plain("ab")
WS
Plain("c")
WS

[ ab c ]

Supplied[medium]
  WS
  Plain("ab")
  WS
  Plain("c")
  WS

< >

Omitted[medium]