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On 29/05/2022 20:07, Roger L Costello wrote: The classic example of overlap is when a string you want to mark up (eg a whole sentence, or a quotation in direct speech) occurs split over two or more elements of a containing structure (eg verses of a religious text, or lines of a poem or play), or divided by some other text (eg "quoth he" in the example here):Peter wrote:I am not clear what you mean by "overlap".overlap can be expressed but not represented A’ was a merry man—took up the child: “Yea,” quoth he, “dost thou fall upon thy face? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit; Wilt thou not, Jule?” and, by my holidame, The pretty wretch left crying and said “Ay.” [Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, 1.3:44] If you mark the lines in the conventional manner: <l>A’ was a merry man—took up the child:</l> <l>“Yea,” quoth he, “dost thou fall upon thy face?</l> <l>Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit;</l> <l>Wilt thou not, Jule?” and, by my holidame,</l> <l>The pretty wretch left crying and said “Ay.”</l> how can you also mark the quoted passages that split over lines? Jeni Tenison said “Overlap is arguably the main remaining problem area for markup technologists.” [blog, 2008-12-06], and there have been dozens if not hundreds of papers, essays, and blogs about the different ways people have found to [partially] solve the problem. Peter
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