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This class comprises activities of exactly re-writing (i.e., re-encoding) an instance of TX12 Grapheme Sequence, i.e., the characters of a text, a contiguous part or a single character of it, by using a writing system (TX3) different from that of the original text, without changing the order of characters or words, by using standard correspondences.

This operation may apply a 1:1 relation between the signs of the two writing systems, a “transliteration” in the narrower sense (e.g., the ALA-LC Romanization of Greek to Latin). It may also apply an approximation of the sounds of a language, as defined by the source writing system, by that of the target writing system, normally called a “transcription” (e.g., the “rōmaji” Romanization of Japanese), or a mixture of both (e.g. the ELOT 743 Type 2 – transcription of Greek to Latin letters). In a broader sense, the term “transcription” also applies to the activity of re-encoding a text using the same writing system (see example 1). The P16 used specific object (was used for) property can be used to specify the applied method of correspondence.

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