<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, annotator, or corrector. 3.4.3 Additions, Deletions, and Omissions
Modulecore — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributes [att.transcriptional att.typed ]
Declaration
element del
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.transcriptional.attributes,
   att.editLike.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   macro.paraContent
}
Example
<l>
 <del rend="overtyped">Mein</del> Frisch
<del rend="overstriketype="primary">schwebt</del> weht der Wind
</l>
Note
Cf. gap.
Degrees of uncertainty over what can still be read may be indicated by use of the certainty element (see 21 Certainty and Responsibility).
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. If it is not legible at all, the del tag should not be used. Rather, the gap tag should be employed to signal that text cannot be transcribed, with the value of the reason attribute giving the cause for the omission from the transcription as deletion. If it 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. See further sections 11.3.7 Text Omitted from or Supplied in the Transcription and, for the close association of the del tag with the gap, damage, unclear and supplied elements (the latter three tags available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources), 11.5.2 Use of the gap, del, damage, unclear, and supplied Elements in Combination.
The del tag should not be used for deletions made by editors or encoders. In these cases, either the corr tag or the gap tag should be used.
Contained by model.pPart.transcriptional
May contain