Additions and Deletions

Secondary changes of the author or a later editor to the manuscript may occur in the form of deletions or additions. For this purpose, the elements <add> (addition) and <del> (deletion) are used.

<add>[addition]</add>

<del>[deletion]</del>

In the case of an addition, the <add> element can be enhanced with an @place attribute specifying the place of the addition. The following values of @place are possible:

Element	`@place` Value	Meaning
`<add>`	`superlinear`	entered above the line
	`sublinear`	entered below the line
	`intralinear`	entered within the line
	`across`	written over the original text
	`left`	entered at the left margin
	`right`	entered at the right margin

In the case of deletion, the type of deletion is indicated with the @rendition attribute of the <del> element. The following values are possible for @rendition:

Element	`@rendition` Value	Meaning
`<del>`	`#ow`	deletion by overwriting the original text
	`#s`	deletion by crossing out
	`#erased`	deletion by erasing, scraping, etc.