Stuck with Category Theory notation. What is the meaning of 'Corner brackets' 「 」?

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While reading an article, I encountered this expression. Expression

I was wondering if anyone knows what does the corner brackets 「(upper) and 」(down) in this expression do?

Thank you.

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It is not a standard notation, but it is clearly stated that they are functions of the forms $$ \begin{align*} \lceil\ \rceil \colon Ob(\mathcal D) \to [\mathcal C,\mathcal E]\\ \lfloor \ \rfloor \colon Ob(\mathcal C) \to [\mathcal D, \mathcal E] \end{align*} $$ satisfying the equation $$ \lceil D\rceil(C) = \lfloor C \rfloor(D)\ . $$

From the nature of the equation I suppose that there is a bifunctor lurking around, but I cannot be sure with the limited amount of details provided.