<gap>

<gap> (gap) indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether for editorial reasons described in the TEI header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is illegible, invisible, or inaudible. [3.5.3. Additions, Deletions, and Omissions]

Module

core

Attributes

Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source)) att.editLike (evidence) att.dimensions (unit, quantity, extent, precision, scope) (att.ranging (atLeast, atMost, min, max, confidence))

reason

(reason) gives the reason for omission

Status	Optional
Datatype	1–∞ occurrences of teidata.enumerated separated by whitespace
Suggested values include:	cancelled (cancelled) deleted (deleted) editorial (editorial) for features omitted from transcription due to editorial policy illegible (illegible) inaudible (inaudible) irrelevant (irrelevant) sampling (sampling)

agent

(agent) in the case of text omitted because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.

Status	Optional
Datatype	teidata.enumerated
Sample values include:	rubbing (rubbing) damage results from rubbing of the leaf edges mildew (mildew) damage results from mildew on the leaf surface smoke (smoke) damage results from smoke

Member of

model.global.edit

Contained by

analysis: w

core: abbr add author bibl cit corr date del editor emph expan foreign gloss head hi imprint item l label lg list mentioned name note num orig p pubPlace publisher q quote ref reg resp rs sic term time title unclear

corpus: activity

figures: cell figure table

header: change extent handNote language

lim: NB compliment duration enclosure request

linking: ab seg

msdescription: collection msItem origin repository summary surrogates

namesdates: addName affiliation birth death faith floruit forename genName langKnown nameLink nationality objectName occupation orgName persName placeName residence roleName settlement sex surname

textstructure: body byline dateline div docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph front imprimatur postscript salute signed text titlePage titlePart trailer

transcr: damage fw supplied surface surfaceGrp zone

May contain

core: desc

Note

The gap, unclear, and del core tag elements may be closely allied in use with the damage and supplied elements, available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources. See section 11.3.3.2. Use of the gap, del, damage, unclear, and supplied Elements in Combination for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

The gap tag simply signals the editors decision to omit or inability to transcribe a span of text. Other information, such as the interpretation that text was deliberately erased or covered, should be indicated using the relevant tags, such as del in the case of deliberate deletion.

Examples

Source

Github

<elementSpec module="core" ident="gap">
   <gloss>gap</gloss>
   <desc>indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether for editorial
reasons described in the TEI header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is
illegible, invisible, or inaudible.</desc>
   <classes>
      <memberOf key="att.global"/>
      <memberOf key="model.global.edit"/>
      <memberOf key="att.editLike"/>
      <memberOf key="att.dimensions"/>
   </classes>
   <content>
      <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
         <classRef key="model.descLike"/>
         <classRef key="model.certLike"/>
      </alternate>
   </content>
   <attList>
      <attDef ident="reason" usage="opt">
         <gloss>reason</gloss>
         <desc>gives the reason for omission</desc>
         <datatype maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <dataRef key="teidata.enumerated"/>
         </datatype>
         <valList type="semi">
            <valItem ident="cancelled">
               <gloss>cancelled</gloss>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="deleted">
               <gloss>deleted</gloss>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="editorial">
               <gloss>editorial</gloss>
               <desc>for features omitted from
  transcription due to editorial policy</desc>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="illegible">
               <gloss>illegible</gloss>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="inaudible">
               <gloss>inaudible</gloss>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="irrelevant">
               <gloss>irrelevant</gloss>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="sampling">
               <gloss>sampling</gloss>
            </valItem>
         </valList>
      </attDef>
      <attDef ident="agent" usage="opt">
         <gloss>agent</gloss>
         <desc>in the case of text omitted because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if
    it can be identified.</desc>
         <datatype>
            <dataRef key="teidata.enumerated"/>
         </datatype>
         <valList type="open">
            <valItem ident="rubbing">
               <gloss>rubbing</gloss>
               <desc>damage results from rubbing of the leaf edges</desc>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="mildew">
               <gloss>mildew</gloss>
               <desc>damage results from mildew on the leaf surface</desc>
            </valItem>
            <valItem ident="smoke">
               <gloss>smoke</gloss>
               <desc>damage results from smoke</desc>
            </valItem>
         </valList>
      </attDef>
   </attList>
</elementSpec>