The type of textual unit separated by a spatial or graphic separator.
It allows to indicate the fundamental textual unit, that is, the division of a text into visible units (words, syllables, characters, etc.).
Any valid metadata key used to identify the text unit, followed by an equal sign = and a taxonomic string intended to describe the text unit.
| Notation | Simplified AST | Paper Output |
|---|
$kₘ=uₜ$ | WritingConv{text_unit: TextUnit(uₜ), …} | |
kₘ = any valid metadata key (listed below).uₜ = textual unit.
| Key | Meaning | Formatting | Minification |
|---|
text_unit, text_u, t_unit | text unit | text_u | text_u |
word, w | word | word | w |
syllable, syl | syllable | syl | syl |
character, char, chr | character | char | chr |
| Notation | Paper Output |
|---|
$text_u=word$
| |
$text_u = syllable$
| |
$text_u = chr$
| |
| Notation | EpiDoc (XML) |
|---|
$text_u=word$
| <ab>
</ab>
|
$text_u = syllable$
| <ab>
</ab>
|
$text_u = chr$
| <ab>
</ab>
|
| Notation | AST |
|---|
$text_u=word$
| WritingConv(text_u=word)
|
$text_u = syllable$
| WritingConv(text_u=syl)
|
$text_u = chr$
| WritingConv(text_u=char)
|