`<unclear>` | contains a word, phrase, or passage which cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

Attributes:

`reason` | indicates why the material is hard to transcribe.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any phrase describing the difficulty, e.g. ``faded'', ``ambient noise'', ``passing truck'', ``ill formed'', ``eccentric ductus''.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`resp` | indicates the individual responsible for the transcription of the letter, word or passage contained with the `<unclear>` element.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing or encoding (see chapter 17 ).
| Default: %INHERITED

Example:

`cert` | (certainty) signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the transcription of the text contained within the `<unclear>` element.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

`hand` | Where the difficulty in transcription arises from action (partial deletion, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the action.
| Datatype: IDREF
| Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section 18.2.1 ).
| Default: %INHERITED

Example:

`agent` | Where the difficulty in transcription arises from an identifiable cause, signifies the causative agent.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: any prose description of the agent.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

Example

Note

The same element is used for all cases of uncertainty in the transcription of element content, whether for written or spoken material. For other aspects of certainty, uncertainty, and reliability of tagging and transcription, see chapter 17 .

The `<damage>` , `<gap>` , `<del>` , `<unclear>` and `<supplied>` elements may be closely allied in use. See section 18.2.4 for discussion of which element is appropriate for which circumstance.

Tagset | base tag set for common core features
Class | edit [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename | `teicore2`
Content: | May contain character data and phrase-level elements.

Parents

ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref

Children

#PCDATA abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi label lang link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val view w witDetail xptr xref

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT unclear       - O  (%paraContent;)                    >
    <!ATTLIST unclear            %a.global
              reason             CDATA               #IMPLIED
              resp               CDATA               %INHERITED

              cert               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              hand               IDREF               %INHERITED

              agent              CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See | 18.2.3 ; 6.5.3

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