The copies that bear witness to the version: those whose features carry
a symbol the version's own edits insert, and those that state they carry
it, with the certainty each statement is held with.
What a version inherits is carried by nearly every copy of the roll, so
only what it inserts tells its witnesses apart from its ancestors'. Its
insertions are in turn inherited downwards, and the copies of the
versions derived from it carry them as well. Those bear witness to it
only through the latest state they carry, which through names; a copy
carrying nothing a later version inserts speaks for the version at first
hand. A version no copy attests at first hand survives, as a lost state
does, in what its descendants passed on.
A statement is the editor's own about the version it names and is
reported as it stands. A version whose edits are not stated inserts
nothing and is witnessed by statement alone.
The copies that bear witness to the version: those whose features carry a symbol the version's own edits insert, and those that state they carry it, with the certainty each statement is held with.
What a version inherits is carried by nearly every copy of the roll, so only what it inserts tells its witnesses apart from its ancestors'. Its insertions are in turn inherited downwards, and the copies of the versions derived from it carry them as well. Those bear witness to it only through the latest state they carry, which
throughnames; a copy carrying nothing a later version inserts speaks for the version at first hand. A version no copy attests at first hand survives, as a lost state does, in what its descendants passed on.A statement is the editor's own about the version it names and is reported as it stands. A version whose edits are not stated inserts nothing and is witnessed by statement alone.