Unexpanded Abbreviation

An explicit indication of the editor’s choice not to resolve an abbreviation, leaving the parentheses empty or containing only spaces to signal the phenomenon’s presence without providing a textual expansion.

Syntax

An Abbreviated Text sequence followed by parentheses (…) containing zero or more white spaces.

Overview

• 𝑊 = any white space.
• 𝑁₀₋ₙ = zero or more repetitions.

Examples

Mar()

EpiDoc Outputs

Mar()

<ab><abbr>Mar</abbr>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Mar()

Abbreviation[complete]
  Written
    Plain("Mar")
  Expanded(unexpandable)