| ed |
(edition)
indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to. |
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Datatype: CDATA |
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Values: Any string of characters; usually a siglum conventionally used
for the edition. |
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Default: #IMPLIED |
| Note |
If ed is not specified, then any milestone
tag with an appropriate unit attribute will be selected.
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| unit |
indicates what kind of state is changing at this milestone. |
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Datatype: CDATA |
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Suggested values include:
| page |
page breaks in the reference edition.
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| column |
column breaks.
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| line |
line breaks.
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| book |
any units termed book, liber, etc.
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| poem |
individual poems in a collection.
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| canto |
cantos or other major sections of a poem.
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| stanza |
stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.
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| act |
acts within a play.
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| scene |
scenes within a play or act.
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| section |
sections of any kind.
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| absent |
passages not present in the reference edition. |
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Default: #REQUIRED |
| length |
specifies the fixed length of the reference component. |
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Datatype: CDATA |
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Values: Should be a positive integer; if no value is provided,
the length is unlimited and goes to the next delimiter or to the
end of the value. |
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Default: #IMPLIED |
| Note |
When constructing a reference, if the reference component
found is of numeric type, the length
is made up by inserting leading zeros; if it is not, by inserting
trailing blanks. In either case, reference components are truncated
if necessary at the right hand side.
When seeking a reference, the length indicates the
number of characters which should be compared. Values longer than
this will be regarded as matching, if they start correctly.
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| delim |
supplies a delimiting string following the reference
component. |
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Datatype: CDATA |
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Values: If a single space is used it is interpreted as
whitespace. |
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Default: #IMPLIED |
