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Literary Dedication Addressee Credit

Preserve literal dedication addressee wording with a work title without resolving a real person's identity.

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Description

Label a supplied literary dedication and addressee wording.

Comparative literary records preserve editions, translations, source lines, rhyme classes and editorial omissions. A code-point count differs from a grapheme count, while an aligned token span depends on the supplied text and indexing convention. A source-qualified label does not establish faithful translation, authorship or an interpretation.

Label a supplied literary dedication and addressee wording.

When to use this tool

Use Literary Dedication Addressee Credit when you already have workTitle, addresseeWording and need to label a supplied literary dedication and addressee wording.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter workTitle, addresseeWording. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read label. Use the output convention below.

Require workTitle/addresseeWording nonempty; append an em dash, dedication and JSON-quoted wording.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
workTitleWork TitleRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
addresseeWordingAddressee WordingRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
labelLabelRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "workTitle": "Work A",
    "addresseeWording": "To my teacher"
  },
  "output": {
    "label": "Work A — dedication: \"To my teacher\""
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • No work, dedicatee identity, source reading, authorship or biographical relation is verified.
  • 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

Read the original passage, translation and relevant editions alongside the stated editorial conventions. Verify context, source locators and attribution when preparing quotations or comparative arguments; local string operations do not make those scholarly judgments.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: comparative-literature/literary-dedication-addressee-credit — tool.io

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