Gap of Known Extent

A gap of known extent. The editor indicates a precise number of missing characters by repeating a gap sign inside square brackets.

Syntax

Any natural number flanked by double full stops .…., followed by the optional precision notation the whole enclosed within square brackets […].

Overview

• 𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).
• 𝑛 ∈ ℕ (natural numbers).
• ‽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

[.7.]

[.3.?]

[.4.!]

EpiDoc Outputs

[.7.]

<ab>
    <gap reason="lost" unit="character" precision="medium" quantity="7"/>
</ab>

[.3.?]

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" cert="low">.3.</supplied>
</ab>

[.4.!]

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" cert="high">.4.</supplied>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

[.7.]

Gap(known=7, medium)

[.3.?]

Supplied[low]
  Plain(".3.")

[.4.!]

Supplied[high]
  Plain(".4.")