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| − | ==Policy issues==
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| − | ===Abbreviation===
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| − | * Representation of abbreviations, especially use of lines over single letters, parts of words, or whole words
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| − | ===Capitalisation===
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| − | * Standardize capitalisation for persons and places?
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| − | ISSUE: Capital/non-capital distinction hard to determine by non-expert palaeographer
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| − | ===Crossing out===
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| − | * Should crossed out or blotted out letters or words be indicated in transcription?
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| − | ===Dashes===
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| − | * Distinguish length and type of dashes used in manuscript?
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| − | ISSUE: Distinguishing space filling dashes from dashes used as hyphens or to show run over between manuscript lines?
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| − | ===Dots===
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| − | * Reproduction of dots, especially preceeding and following greek/arabic or roman numbers?
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| − | ===Page layout===
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| − | * How to indicate page layout, especially position of headers, signatures, and marginalia?
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| − | ===Paragraphs===
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| − | * Determining start and end of paragraphs in legal documents?
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| − | ===Punctuation===
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| − | * Recognition of, and reproduction of, mid-C17th punctuation, especially commas, semi-colons, colons, and double dashes ("=")?
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| − | [[Comments]]
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