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Legible Abbreviated Text

Abbreviated text that is clearly legible and does not require any editorial intervention.

Syntax

Any number of Unicode characters preceding a left round bracket (, marker of the abbreviation’s expansion.

Overview

NotationConceptual ASTPaper Output
𝑆×𝑁(…)Written([Plain("𝑆×𝑁")])𝑆×𝑁
  • 𝑆 = any sign (Unicode character) βˆ‰ STOP_SET (cf. Technical Catalogue of Symbols) otherwise preceded by the escape character \.
  • 𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
Aug(ustus)
Augustus

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
Aug(ustus)
 
<ab>
    <expan>
        <abbr>Aug</abbr>
        <ex>ustus</ex>
    </expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

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