att.lang

Language attributes common to text elements.
Module MEI.shared
Members
Attributes
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.lang
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language. att.lang
Declaration
<attDef ident="xml:lang" usage="opt">
<desc>Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value.</desc>
<datatype maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1">
<rng:data type="language"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>
<attDef ident="translit" usage="opt">
<desc>Specifies the transliteration technique used.
<!--There is no standard list of transliteration schemes.-->
</desc>
<datatype maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1">
<rng:data type="NMTOKEN"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>