! General rules that require certain language specific definitions

! A solution to the "(author): problem" may be to add ) at the end of any
! string as a possible ending
define Years ["(" Digit+ (".") ")"] | ["[" Digit+ (".") "]"];

! 20:00 Uhr, 00:12:25,34
define Times [ ( [%0|1|2|3|4|5] ) Digit [ ":" [%0|1|2|3|4|5] Digit ]^{1,2} ( "," [ Digit ]^{1,3} ) ];

! Emoticons
source all/emoticons.xfst

! XML sources
source all/xml.xfst

! XML entities
source all/entities.xfst

! Arrows
define Arrows [Alldash ">" | "<" Alldash];

! Technical protocols
source all/protocols.xfst

! Also supports
!   19.4.2015, 19/4/2015 etc.
define DigitPunct ["_"|"-"|"."|","|Slash];
define Num Digit+ [DigitPunct Digit+]* (Char+);

! ordinals
define Ord Digit ( Digit (Digit) ) %.;

! TODO:
!   floating point, serial, model numbers, ip addresses, etc.
!   every other segment must have at least one digit

! Omission words like "fu**ing!"
define Omission Char+ Asterisk Asterisk+ Char*;

! acronyms: U.S.A., I.B.M., etc.
! use a post-filter to remove dots
define AcronymDep Letter %. Letter %. [Letter %.]+;


! TODO: Name words with ' and `

! Support ASCII elements, like
! +---------------+
! <---->, -->, <--
!       +---------------+
! <---> | Worker Node N |
!       +---------------+
! |============= Core =============|