Description
Preserve an explicit palm-leaf manuscript leaf-side locator.
Source records can preserve supplied scripts, translations, edition labels, leaf sides and historical date wording. Displaying two strings together does not establish equivalent readings, and preserving a numeral or reign-year label differs from converting a calendar. Source context is essential to interpretation.
Preserve an explicit palm-leaf manuscript leaf-side locator.
When to use this tool
Use Southeast Asian Palm Leaf Side Locator when you already have manuscriptId, leafNumberText, sideText and need to preserve an explicit palm-leaf manuscript leaf-side locator.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter manuscriptId, leafNumberText, sideText. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read token. Use the output convention below.
Enter manuscriptId, leafNumberText, sideText using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| manuscriptId | Manuscript Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| leafNumberText | Leaf Number Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| sideText | Side Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"manuscriptId": "MS17",
"leafNumberText": "042",
"sideText": "recto"
},
"output": {
"token": "[\"MS17\",\"042\",\"recto\"]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The result records supplied values without interpreting foliation conventions. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult original manuscripts, publications, catalogues and language or calendar authorities. Preserve uncertain readings and supplied source conventions when local labels cannot establish historical meaning, equivalence or chronology.
References
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