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==Writing process and damage==
To encode different stages of changes, we use @seq
i.e. Mondrian deleted a word and then added a new one.
@seq assigns a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred.
<pre>
<del seq="1">yellow</del >
<add seq="2" place="above">red</add>
</pre>

You can also use seq=0 for immediate deletions (deletions while writing or Sofortkorrektur). 

If a single act of  modification requires multiple elements, these elements have the same seq attribute:
<pre>Ik <del seq="1">heb</del><add seq="1">lees</add> het boek<del seq="1" gelezen</del>.</pre>

On the del element, we can use the rend attribute to indicate it has been overwritten, either by an add or in a Sofortkorrektur:
<pre><del rend="overwritten">wel</del><add>niet</add></pre>

A text fragment that has been modified is tagged as <seg> (segment), for the purpose of being able to display the multiple states of the text. It is up to the editor to choose meaningful segments. In the above example the sentence might be tagged as <seg>:
<pre><seg>Ik <del seq="1" >heb</del><add seq="1" >lees</add het 
boek<del seq="1" gelezen</del>.</seg></pre>


If an earlier deletion is restored we can encode this using <restore>. An example ('cocktail' replaced by 'drink', which is then deleted while 'cocktail' is being restored):
<pre><restore seq="2"><del seq="1">cocktail</del></restore>
<del seq="2"><add seq="1">drink</add></del></pre>

A Sofortkorrectur is not embedded in a seg-element, because there is no need to show the different states of the text. If it is desirable to show the scope of an immediate correction by overwriting, we use add (with seq="0"):
<pre><del seq="0">F</del><add seq="0">V</add>ics</pre>

We don't use @seq on retrace. 

When a text  continues in the margin, that does not by itself make the margin text an addition (<add>). 

==Visual characteristics==
If a paragraph is indented, use rend="indent" on its first line (<lb rend="indent">). 

We use rend="blockletters" for block capitals.

There is technically no difference between using a rend-attribute on an existing element and using a hi-element with that rend-attribute within that existing element. So  

<pre><addrLine rend="underline">New York City</addrLine></pre>

and 

<pre><addrLine><hi rend="underline">New York City</hi></addrLine></pre>

are completely equivalent. 



==Foreign additions in the text==
Foreign additions unrelated to the contents of the letter, probably in another hand, we encode as <ab> (anonymous block). 
‘Anonymous’ here refers not to the author being unknown, but to this being a block of text not identified as a paragraph, 
a list or another block-level element. We use the hand attribute to point to the probable writer and describe the hands 
in the document hands.xml. 

For instance (this is an example of an changed address provided by an anonymous person):
<pre>
<div type="envelope" xml:id="PD">
   <!-- envelope recto -->
   <pb n="envelope-r" xml:id="env-r" facs="#zone-env-r"/> 
   <div type="postalData">
      <md:postmark>Paris XIV … </md:postmark>
       <address type="receiver">
         …
       </address>
   </div>	
   <ab hand="hands.xml#anon">James Abbott // 20xx Newbold Eve // Bronx</ab>
…
</div>    
</pre>
See [[Transcription: annotations (Mondrian)|annotations]] for notes as used to annotate the text.


==Envelopes==
Encode as div type=envelope. See SampleLetterWithEnvelope.xml. The addresses are encoded as divs with type="postalData". The address of the receiver goes on the front (recto) side of the envelope. Code the addresses as <address> with <addrline>s. Give the <address> a type-attribute (receiver, sender). 
<addrline>-elements are preceded by <lb>-elements if they begin on a new line. 
Short descriptive phrases (‘sent by’, ‘sender’, ‘To’) before the address go into <label>-elements. 

An example of an address:
<pre>
<address type="receiver">
    <lb/><addrLine rend="underline2">M<hi rend="super underline">r</hi>
        Harry Holtzman</addrLine>
    <lb/><addrLine>231 East 60<hi rend="super">th</hi> Street</addrLine>
    <lb/><addrLine rend="underline">New York City</addrLine>
</address>
</pre>

==See also==
* [[Transcription: structure (Mondrian)]]
* [[Transcription: annotations (Mondrian)]]
* [[Transcription (Mondrian)]]

[[Category:XML Mondrian]]