Suspended Abbreviation

A multi-part abbreviation consisting of a series of legible portions on the support (suspensions) each followed by its respective editorial expansion within parentheses.

Syntax

One or more sequences of Abbreviated Text followed by their respective Expansion Components.

In the case of suspended abbreviations, the LexicalUnit notation using ampersands &...& is the only way to explicitly indicate that the sequence of abbreviations constitutes a single lexical unit (e.g., &q(uin)q(uennalis)&).

Overview

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

Examples

proco(n)s(ul)

EpiDoc Outputs

proco(n)s(ul)

<ab>
    <expan>
        <abbr>proco</abbr>
        <ex>n</ex>
        <abbr>s</abbr>
        <ex>ul</ex>
    </expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

proco(n)s(ul)

Abbreviation[complete]
  Written
    Plain("proco")
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("n")
  Written
    Plain("s")
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ul")