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Erased Abbreviated Text

Abbreviated text deliberately erased in antiquity, still legible.

Syntax

Any notation of a phenomenon (IbiUnit) allowed within Erasure, thus enclosed between double square brackets [[…]] preceding a left round bracket (, marker of the abbreviation’s expansion.

Overview

NotationConceptual ASTPaper Output
[[⊙‽ᵟ]](…)Written([Erasure { ⊙, γ }])⟦⊙◇ᵟ⟧
  • ⊙ ∈ ERASURE_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within Erasure (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).
  • ‽ᵟ ∈ {?, !, ε} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (ε).
  • γ ∈ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
  • ◇ᵟ ∈ {⯑, ⯁, ε} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (ε).

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
[[Aug]](ustus)
Augustus
[[Aug?]](ustus)
Augustus
[[Aug!]](ustus)
Augustus

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
[[Aug]](ustus)
 
<ab>
    <del cert="medium">
    </supplied>
</del>
<expan>
    <ex>ustus</ex>
</expan>
</ab>
[[Aug?]](ustus)
 
<ab>
    <del cert="low">
    </supplied>
</del>
<expan>
    <ex>ustus</ex>
</expan>
</ab>
[[Aug!]](ustus)
 
<ab>
    <del cert="high">
    </supplied>
</del>
<expan>
    <ex>ustus</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
[[Aug]](ustus)
 
Erasure[medium]
  Plain("Aug")
Abbreviation[complete]
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ustus")

[[Aug?]](ustus)
 
Erasure[low]
  Plain("Aug")
Abbreviation[complete]
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ustus")

[[Aug!]](ustus)
 
Erasure[high]
  Plain("Aug")
Abbreviation[complete]
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ustus")