<del>

<del> (deletion) contains a letter, word, or passage deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, or a previous annotator or corrector. [3.5.3. Additions, Deletions, and Omissions]
Modulecore
Attributes
Member of
model.linePart model.pPart.transcriptional
Contained by
analysis: pc phr s w
core: abbr add addrLine author bibl biblScope citedRange corr date del distinct editor email emph expan foreign gloss head headItem headLabel hi item l label lg measure mentioned name note num orig p pubPlace publisher q quote rb ref reg rs rt said sic soCalled speaker stage street term textLang time title unit
dictionaries: form gen lang
figures: cell
header: change distributor edition extent geoDecl handNote licence scriptNote
linking: ab seg
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions catchwords collation colophon condition custEvent decoNote explicit filiation finalRubric foliation heraldry incipit layout material musicNotation objectType origDate origPlace origin provenance rubric secFol signatures source stamp summary support surrogates typeNote watermark
namesdates: addName birth bloc country death district eventName floruit forename genName gender geogFeat geogName objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement surname
textcrit: lem rdg wit
textstructure: dateline docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint
transcr: am damage fw line metamark mod retrace secl subst supplied surplus zone
May contain
analysis: c interp interpGrp m pc phr s w
certainty: certainty precision
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index l label lb lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
linking: anchor join link linkGrp seg
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName bloc country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement state surname
textcrit: app listApp
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: addSpan am damage delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo
character data
Note

This element should be used for deletion of shorter sequences of text, typically single words or phrases. The delSpan element should be used for longer sequences of text, for those containing structural subdivisions, and for those containing overlapping additions and deletions.

The text deleted must be at least partially legible in order for the encoder to be able to transcribe it (unless it is restored in a supplied tag). Illegible or lost text within a deletion may be marked using the gap tag to signal that text is present but has not been transcribed, or is no longer visible. Attributes on the gap element may be used to indicate how much text is omitted, the reason for omitting it, etc. If text is not fully legible, the unclear element (available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources) should be used to signal the areas of text which cannot be read with confidence in a similar way.

Degrees of uncertainty over what can still be read, or whether a deletion was intended may be indicated by use of the certainty element (see 21. Certainty, Precision, and Responsibility).

There is a clear distinction in the TEI between del and surplus on the one hand and gap or unclear on the other. del indicates a deletion present in the source being transcribed, which states the author's or a later scribe's intent to cancel or remove text. surplus indicates material present in the source being transcribed which should have been so deleted, but which is not in fact. gap or unclear, by contrast, signal an editor's or encoder's decision to omit something or their inability to read the source text. See sections 11.3.1.7. Text Omitted from or Supplied in the Transcription and 11.3.3.2. Use of the gap, del, damage, unclear, and supplied Elements in Combination for the relationship between these and other related elements used in detailed transcription.

Example
<l>
 <del rend="overtyped">Mein</del> Frisch <del rend="overstrike" type="primary">schwebt</del>
weht der Wind
</l>
Example
<del rend="overstrike">
 <gap reason="illegible" quantity="5"
  unit="character"/>
</del>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element del
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.transcriptional.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.dimensions.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}