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<rp> Ruby Parenthesis

Used to provide spacing and a parenthesis to surround Ruby Text (<rt>), for older systems that do not handle Ruby formatting properly.

Usage/Remarks

This optional element never holds any text except a space, an open parenthesis, or a close parenthesis: 
<ruby>
 <rb>base text here</rb>
 <rp>(</rp><rt>annotation</rt><rp>)</rp>
</ruby>
Attributes

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<ruby>
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  rp           (#PCDATA)                                    >