Columns

Column breaks are tagged with <cb/>. The <cb> element tags the beginning of a new column. Column count is represented by an @n attribute within <cb>.

Different types of columns are possible:

a) The text of a volume is completely organized in columns: In these cases, the page numbering in the original is usually replaced by column numbering. The respective column number is indicated in the transcription within the <cb> element as a value of the @n attribute. The page count is also reconstructed in the @n attribute within the <pb> element. If counted and uncounted columns alternate in the volume, the missing column numbers are not reconstructed. However, a reconstructed page count is continuously maintained.

<pb facs="#f[image number]" n="[[reconstructed page number]]"/><cb n="[column number]"/>

oder:

<pb facs="#f[image number]" n="[[reconstructed page number]]"/><cb/>

b) The text of a volume is organized page by page, but is occasionally interrupted by column printing. In this case, the beginning of the column set is indicated by <cb type="start"/>, the end of the column set by <cb type="end"/>. Column breaks within the column set are displayed using the empty <cb> element.

Note: Alternative regulation phase 1: b) The text of a volume is organized page by page, but is occasionally interrupted by column printing. In this case, there is an empty <cb> element at the beginning of each column.

c) Footnote or endnote text, registers and directories are set in columns. Here, too, the beginning of the column set is indicated by <cb type="start"/>, the end of the column set is indicated by <cb type="end"/>. Column breaks within the column set are represented by the empty <cb> element.

Note: Alternative regulation phase 1: c) Footnote or endnote text, registers and indexes are set in columns. In this case, an empty <cb> element also tags the beginning of the respective column.