Epigraphic XML conventions for the Vindolanda website, compared to EpiDoc XML and original printed sources. March 4 2003

Convention	In print editions of Vindolanda	In EpiDoc XML	In Vindolanda XML
incomplete at top or bottom	. . . . .	<gap reason=”lost” extent=? unit=character>	none, for example: . . . . . .
incomplete at left side of text	]		none, for example: ]
incomplete at right side of text	[		none, for example: [
space left by scribe	uacat	<space dim=”horizontal” extent=? unit=character>	none, for example: <emph>uacat</emph>
lacuna in text	[ ]	<gap reason=”lost” extent=4 unit=character>	none, for example: [ ]
estimate of number of letters missing	[….]	<gap reason=”illegible” extent=x unit=character>	none, for example: […..]
traces of letters visible on tablet but not read	under-dots or ‘traces’	<gap reason=”illegible” extent=x unit=character>	none, for example: … (interpuncts) or <emph>traces</emph>
columns of text	ii		<pb n=”i”/>
line of text	line break	<lb id="line2" />	<lb id=”line[fragment label]-[line number]” n=”[line number]” /> for example: <lb id=”lineA-1” n=”1” />
different hands	m^1, m^2	<handShift hand=”hand2” />	<handShift hand=”hand2” />
letters crossed out or erased by scribe	[[ abc]]	<del rend=”erasure”> abc</del>	none, for example: [[abc]]
letters added by scribe above the line	? abc?	<add place=”supralinear”> abc</add>	none, for example: <sup>abc</sup>
interpunct	•		none, for example: &middot;
letters erroneously omitted by the scribe	<abc>	<supplied reason==”omitted”> abc </supplied>	none, for example: &lt;abc&gt;
superfluous letters written by the scribe	{abc}	<sic cor=””>abc</sic>	none, for example: {abc}:
expansion or resolution of abbreviation or symbol	abc(def)	<abbr expan= "abcdef" cert= "certain"> abc </abbr>	none, for example: abc(def)
doubtful or partially preserved letters	under-dotted characters	<unclear reason="damage"cert="certain">abc</unclear> or  <supplied reason="lost">abc </supplied>	<unclear>abc</unclear>