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<gap>

<gap> (gap) indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether for editorial reasons described in the TEI header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is illegible, invisible, or inaudible. [3.4.3. ]
Modulecore
AttributesAttributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style)
reasongives the reason for omission. Sample values include sampling, inaudible, irrelevant, cancelled.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of  data.wordseparated by whitespace
Values any short indication of the reason for the omission.
Member of
model.global.edit
Contained by
core: abbr add addrLine address author bibl cit date del editor email foreign head hi item l label lg list name note num p pubPlace publisher q ref resp sp speaker stage time title unclear
derived-module-tei_tite: b i smcap sub sup ul
figures: cell figure table
linking: ab seg
textstructure: argument back body byline closer dateline div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph floatingText front group opener postscript salute signed text titlePage titlePart
May contain
core: desc
Declaration
element gap
{
   attribute reason { list { data.word+ } }?,
   ( model.descLike | model.certLike )*
}
Example
<gap quantity="4" unit="chars" reason="illegible"/>
Example
<gap quantity="1" unit="essay" reason="sampling"/>
Example
<del>
 <gap
   atLeast="4"
   atMost="8"
   unit="chars"
   reason="illegible"/>
</del>
Example
<gap extent="unknown" unit="lines" reason="lost"/>
Note

The gap, unclear, and del core tag elements may be closely allied in use with the <damage> and <supplied> elements, available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources. See section 11.3.3.2. for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

The gap tag simply signals the editors decision to omit or inability to transcribe a span of text. Other information, such as the interpretation that text was deliberately erased or covered, should be indicated using the relevant tags, such as del in the case of deliberate deletion.