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# Some had been encoded using a combination of [[wikipedia:Unicode|Unicode]] characters (such as letters, numbers, dashes, arrows...) and XML markup that the IDP parsing engine renders as HTML;

<p class="image-caption">Example of point one above: the spatial configuration of letters and arrows in [http://www.wittgensteinsource.org/Ms-130,100_f Ms-115, page 150] was transcribed using XML markup which is translated by the parser into an HTML table containing Unicode characters and rendered by the browser as above.</p>

<p class="image-caption">Example of point two above: the early redrawn version of Wittgenstein's graphic in [http://www.wittgensteinsource.org/Ms-130,100_f Ms-130, page 100] was this JPG file.</p>

Finally, at this stage, it became clear that an added value would be provided by the fact of also indexing the visuals that had been rendered in the WAB's transcriptions by the abovementioned combination of Unicode characters and XML tags. These are currently represented by grey placeholders that merely serve the purpose of being the bearers of the semantic tags (more on this topic in the ''[[#User guide|User guide]]'' section below). It is our hope that in the future, with the evolution and continuous improvement of the transcriptions, it will become possible to also include their visual appearance in this website.

<p class="image-caption">Current placeholder for graphics and figures encoded in the transcriptions using XML markup and Unicode characters.</p>

The visual items that were recreated are those that had already been redrawn (as opposed to encodeed as XML and Unicode) as of October 2022. In other words, the scope of the redrawn graphics has not changed since the early phase of the work to transcribe the ''Nachlass'', and the visuals that were initially encoded as XML and Unicode still are.

Additionally, this website contains a placeholder for each item, encoded in the transcription as XML and Unicode, that was tagged as a "graphic" as opposed as a "logic" or "maths" (<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" inline="">subtype="graphic"</syntaxhighlight>).

Both types of visual items (redrawn graphics that are available as images and placeholders for graphics that encoded in the transcriptions as XML and Unicode) are tagged with semantic descriptors which make it possible to search them and filter them based on their content.

[[Wikipedia:PNG|PNG]] is a raster format, meaning that the file consists of information that defines a grid (or map or matrix) of flecks of colour. PNG images are easy to download and reuse in many computer programs and print formats.

[[Wikipedia:SVG|SVG]] is a vector format, meaning that the file consists of plain-text information describing the points, curves, colours, etc., that make up the image. SVG images are natively displayed by most modern browsers and desktop viewers, but may be less stable or lower-fidelity compared to the corresponding PNG renders. Their chief purpose is to be easily editable using vector graphics software such as the free and open-source application [[Wikipedia:Inkscape|Inkscape]] (the programme they were created with), the proprietary application Adobe Illustrator, and others.

All files that are made available through this website can be viewed online or downloaded.

Individual files can easily be downloaded through the expanded view in gallery pages or through the description pages.

Bulk downloads are available for individual manuscripts through a link in each manuscript page and through the dedicated section of the homepage, where a link is also available to download all files at once.

and therefore has the following properties in this website: