From 3f272500b6976383e14ba5467973097847b17536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Kollatz Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:52:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update trans-linebreak.xml change line breaks to line beginnings --- guidelines/xml/trans-linebreak.xml | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/guidelines/xml/trans-linebreak.xml b/guidelines/xml/trans-linebreak.xml index 9e6901226..42a3c960b 100644 --- a/guidelines/xml/trans-linebreak.xml +++ b/guidelines/xml/trans-linebreak.xml @@ -35,14 +35,13 @@ End license statement: do not remove --> -->

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EpiDoc follows TEI practice in marking line breaks on the support (as opposed to verse lines) using the lb, - though the expansion "line-begins" is in many ways a more useful way of thinking about this element. lb is an empty element - to mark the point at which the line breaks (or begins).

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EpiDoc follows TEI practice in marking line beginnings on the support (as opposed to verse lines) using the lb. + lb is an empty element to mark the point at which the line begins.

Because there is no containing element encapsulating lines, any information about the numbering, rendition, or condition - of an entire line needs to be marked in an attribute on the preceding lb. For this reason, therefore, it is + of an entire line needs to be marked in an attribute in the lb. For this reason, therefore, it is our convention to place an lb at the beginning of every epigraphic line in the edition, including the first. - Any rend or numbering attributes on that lb refer to all text between the current and the following line-break. + Any rend or numbering attributes on that lb refer to all text between the current and the following line-begin. (See example below.)

@@ -78,6 +77,10 @@ End license statement: do not remove --> Charlotte Tupman + + author + Thomas Kollatz +