DEL
(i.e. deletion)
Description: contains a letter, word or passage deleted, marked as
deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the
copy text by an author, scribe, annotator or corrector.
Attributes:
rend (i.e. rendition): indicates how the deletion was indicated
in the copy text.
Data type: CDATA
Sample values include:
subpunction : dots below the line indicate matter to be
deleted.
overstrike : lines through the text indicated matter to
be deleted.
erasure : material to be deleted has been erased (but
remains legible enough to transcribe).
bracketed : brackets around the material indicate that
it is spurious or superfluous.
Default value: #IMPLIED
This attribute is optional.
type: classifies the type of deletion using any convenient typol-
ogy.
Data type: CDATA
Value: any string identifying the class of deletion.
Default value: #IMPLIED
Remarks: No recommendation of any particular typology is made
here; to record the manner in which the deletion is sig-
naled, use rend, not type.
This attribute is optional.
status: may be used to indicate faulty deletions, e.g. strike-
outs which include too much or too little text.
Data type: CDATA
Value: any description of flaws in the marking of a deletion,
e.g. "excess left", "excess right", "short left", "short
right".
Default value: 'unremarkable'
Remarks: Status information on each deletion is needed rather
rarely except in critical editions from authorial manu-
scripts.
This attribute is optional.
resp (i.e. responsible): signifies the editor or transcriber
responsible for identifying the hand of the deletion.
Data type: IDREF
Value: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document
header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for
some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing
or encoding (see chapter 17, "Certainty and Responsibility,"
on page 33).
Default value: %INHERITED
This attribute is optional.
cert (i.e. certainty): signifies the degree of certainty ascribed
to the identification of the hand of the deletion.
Data type: CDATA
Default value: #IMPLIED
This attribute is optional.
hand: signifies the hand of the agent which made the deletion.
Data type: IDREF
Value: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the docu-
ment header (see section 18.2.1, "Document Hands," on page
35).
Default value: %INHERITED
This attribute is optional.
Example:
<l><del type=overtyped>Mein</del> Frisch
<del type=overstrike>schwebt</del> weht der Wind
Remarks: Cf. <omit>.
Degrees of uncertainty over what can still be read may be indi-
cated by use of the <certainty> element (see 17, "Certainty and
Responsibility," on page 33).
This element should be used for deletion of shorter sequences
of text, typically single words or phrases. The <delSpan> element
should be used for longer sequences of text, for those containing
structural subdivisions, and for those containing overlapping
additions and deletions.
The text deleted must be at least partially legible, in order
for the encoder to be able to transcribe it. If it is not legible
at all, the <del> tag should not be used. Rather, the <omit> tag
should be employed to signal that text cannot be transcribed, with
the value of the reason attribute giving the cause for the omis-
sion from the transcription as deletion. If it is not fully legi-
ble, the <unclear> element (available when using the additional
tagset for transcription of primary sources) should be used to
signal the areas of text which cannot be read with confidence.
See further sections 18.1.7, "Text Omitted from or Supplied in the
Transcription," on page 34 and, for the close association of the
<del> tag with the <omit>, <damage>, <unclear> and <supplied> ele-
ments (the latter three tags available when using the additional
tagset for transcription of primary sources), 18.2.4, "The Use of
the Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination,"
on page 35.
The <del> tag should not be used for deletions made by editors
or encoders. In these cases, either the <corr> tag or the <omit>
tag should be used.
Part: additional tag set for common core features
Member of classes: edit [and indirectly also:] phrase
DTD file: teicore2
Data description: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May occur within: abbr activity actor add addrLine addName admin affil-
iation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera
caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer
colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date
dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct dis-
tributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition
editor education emph equiv etym expan extent factuality figDesc
firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw fDescr gen gen-
Name gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur
interaction item itype l label lang language langKnown lbl lem
locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num num-
ber occasion occupation opener orgdivn orgtitle orgtype orgName
orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness
principal pron publisher pubPlace purpose q quote rdg re ref reg
region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs
s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed socecStatus sound
soCalled speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname
syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns
tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witness witDetail
writing xr xref
May contain: #PCDATA abbr add address anchor att c caesura cl corr date
dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula gap
gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num orig
oRef oVar phr ptr pRef pVar ref reg rs s seg sic soCalled tag term
time timeRange timeStruct title val w xptr xref
Declaration:
<!ELEMENT del - - (%phrase.seq;) >
<!ATTLIST del %a.analysis
%a.linking
%a.terminology
id ID #IMPLIED
n CDATA #IMPLIED
lang IDREF %INHERITED
rend CDATA #IMPLIED
type CDATA #IMPLIED
status CDATA 'unremarkable'
resp IDREF %INHERITED
cert CDATA #IMPLIED
hand IDREF %INHERITED >
Discussed in 6.5.3, "Additions, Deletions and Omissions," on page 12.
This tag is optional.
Content
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Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: REQUIRED
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