[tei-council] Suppressed text: summary of position (FR 2242434)

[David Sewell]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Peter Boot wrote:

> I would say that these are different elements: David's element makes no
> claim the source text is somehow wrong, while Gabby's one does. For
> David's case, I'd use hi rend="none" or something like that.

Yes, that is certainly a solution, or using <seg> similarly. So consider
my argument in favor of <suppress> to be withdrawn, or suppressed if you
prefer.

As for Lou:

> I love the way American usage takes the word "redact" which in the
> dictionary means "make suitable for publication" and turns it into a
> word meaning "suppressed"... so the perfectly redacted document is a
> blank sheet of paper.

One of Richard Nixon's contributions to scholarship was indeed this
theory of editorial practice.  :-)

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