Uncertain Expansion

Expansion of an abbreviation given by the editor as uncertain.

Syntax

Any number of Unicode characters followed by a question mark ? and wrapped by round brackets (…), preceded by abbreviated text.

Overview

• ⊙ ∈ EXPANS_CONTENT_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within Abbrev (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).

Examples

Mar(ius?)

EpiDoc Outputs

Mar(ius?)

<ab>
    <expan>
        <abbr>Mar</abbr>
        <ex>ius</ex>
    </expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Mar(ius?)

Abbreviation[complete]
  Written
    Plain("Mar")
  Expanded(uncertain)
    Plain("ius")