Regularization: orig and vuji

Encoding Instructions (new P5 version)

The WWP performs several kinds of regularization. The most explicit of these is the use of the vuji element, which we use for old-style typography, in which i/j, u/v, and w/vv are interchanged. In these cases, the letter is wrapped in an element called vuji. For more details of the WWP’s encoding of early typography, see 108on Typography: I, J, U, V.

We use the element orig for bibliographic references to texts for which a standard reference system exists (e.g. Homer, the Bible, Virgil, etc.). We use choice containing orig and reg to encode and standardize these citations. However, we do not encode all the origs by hand. Instead, we encode all citations of this sort using the marker element regMe with the content being the unregularized form of the citation. The regMe element should go inside bibl where appropriate (it does not replace bibl). Within regMe no further elements are needed. A script will then convert these unregularized citations to a regularized form encoded with choice, orig and reg. Within regMe we will use the same criteria we use for spacing between words ordinarily: if the normal spacing practices of the text seem to be violated in any particular case, check to see whether the line is especially cramped or loose.

For information on other forms of regularization, see 144 on silent regularization.