Gap of Unknown Extent Seen by Previous Editors

A gap of unknown extent seen by earlier editors but no longer visible on the support.

Syntax

An optional sequence of witness identifiers separated by semicolons ; interrupted by a colon :, followed by the notation for a gap of unknwon extent, all wrapped by low lines _…_.

Overview

Notation	Conceptual AST	Paper Output
`_ω;…:ᵟ[⊙]‽ᵟ_`	`PreviousSeen { witnesses: [ω,…ᵟ], content: [Gap{ ⊙ }], cert: γ }`	`⸤[⊙]ω;…ol.ᵟ◇ᵟ⸥`

ω;…:ᵟ = optional series of witnesses.
ω,…ᵟ = parsed optional series of witnesses.
ω;…ol.ᵟ = rendering of the optional series of witnesses followed by the abbreviation of the Latin olim.
⊙ ∈ PREVIOUS_SEEN_ALLOWED = the relevant gap notation.
‽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

Notation	Paper Output
`_[]_`	·
`_A:[]?_`	·A ol.
`_A;B:[]!_`	·A, B ol.

EpiDoc Outputs

Notation EpiDoc (XML)

Notation	EpiDoc (XML)
`_[]_`	`<ab> <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="medium"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </supplied> </ab>`
`_A:[]?_`	`<ab> <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="low" source="#A"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </supplied> </ab>`
`_A;B:[]!_`	`<ab> <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="high" source="#A #B"> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </supplied> </ab>`

_[]_

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="medium">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/>
    </supplied>
</ab>

_A:[]?_

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="low" source="#A">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/>
    </supplied>
</ab>

_A;B:[]!_

<ab>
    <supplied reason="lost" evidence="previouseditor" cert="high" source="#A #B">
        <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="medium"/>
    </supplied>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Notation	AST
`_[]_`	`PreviousSeen[medium] Gap(unknown, medium)`
`_A:[]?_`	`PreviousSeen[low, witnesses: A] Gap(unknown, medium)`
`_A;B:[]!_`	`PreviousSeen[high, witnesses: A; B] Gap(unknown, medium)`