UNCLEAR
Description:
contains a word, phrase, or passage which cannot be tran-
scribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the
source.
Attributes:
reason: indicates why the material is hard to transcribe.
Data type: CDATA
Value: any phrase describing the difficulty, e.g. "faded",
"ambient noise", "passing truck", "ill formed", "eccentric
ductus".
Default value: #IMPLIED
This attribute is optional.
resp: indicates the individual responsible for the transcription
of the letter, word or passage contained with the <unclear>
element.
Data type: CDATA
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 transcription of the text contained within the
<unclear> element.
Data type: CDATA
Default value: #IMPLIED
This attribute is recommended.
hand: Where the difficulty in transcription arises from action
(partial deletion, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand,
signifies the hand responsible for the action.
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.
agent: Where the difficulty in transcription arises from an iden-
tifiable cause, signifies the causative agent.
Data type: CDATA
Value: any prose description of the agent.
Default value: #IMPLIED
This attribute is optional.
Remarks: The same element is used for all cases of uncertainty in the
transcription of element content, whether for written or spoken
material. For other aspects of certainty, uncertainty, and reli-
ability of tagging and transcription, see chapter 17, "Certainty
and Responsibility," on page 33.
The <damage>, <omit>, <del>, <unclear> and <supplied> elements
may be closely allied in use. See section 18.2.4, "The Use of the
Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination," on
page 35 for discussion of which element is appropriate for which
circumstance.
Part: base tag set for common core features
Member of classes:
DTD file: teicore2
Data description: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May occur within: [none]
May contain: #PCDATA abbr add address anchor att bibl biblFull
biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr date
dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formu-
la gap gi gloss handShift hi label lang link list listBibl m meas-
ure mentioned move name note num orig oRef oVar phr ptr pRef pVar
q quote ref reg rs s seg sic sound soCalled stage table tag tech
term text time timeRange timeStruct title val view w xptr xref
Declaration:
<!ELEMENT unclear - O (%paraContent;) >
<!ATTLIST unclear %a.global
reason CDATA #IMPLIED
resp CDATA %INHERITED
cert CDATA #IMPLIED
hand IDREF %INHERITED
agent CDATA #IMPLIED >
Discussed in 18.2.3, "Damage, Illegibility, and Supplied Text," on page
35.
Discussed in 6.5.3, "Additions, Deletions and Omissions," on page 12.
This tag is optional.
Content
- Tag Minimization
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Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: OPTIONAL
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See CONTENT DECLARATION
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