Forme work, encoding within

Encoding Instructions (old P4 version)

The WWP performs only very limited encoding within the content of mw elements. The principle involved is that we do not do any content-based or structural encoding eithin mw; the only encoding used is to indicate discrepancies (which might be viewed as our error by a user), transcription problems such as illegibility, or basic renditional information.

None of the following elements should be used within mw (but note that they are all valid within mw):

placeName, persName, mcr, abbr, address, date, measure, name, num, orgName, rs, time, orig, regMe, distinct, emph, foreign, gloss, mentioned, soCalled, term, title, link, ptr, ref, xptr, xref, mw, handShift

Encoding which we do perform within mw is as follows:

1. Where there is an error in the forme work, we encode it using sic. For catchwords, we do not include the choice or corr elements. See 101 for information on the treatment of discrepancies between the catchword and the main text.

2. Where there is highlighting in part of the forme work, we encode it using hi. The rendition of an entire mw element should be recorded on the rend attribute of mw.

3. If the content of the forme work is obscured, illegible, or deleted, we indicate this as usual using supplied, unclear, del, gap.

4. Characters which are usually encoded as delimiters using rend (e.g. quotation marks, brackets, and so forth) will be encoded as #PCDATA, since they do not function as delimiters for the catchword.