body

<body>

Contains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.

Module MEI.shared

Attributes


@decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.declaring
@label(optional)Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any string. Value of datatype string. att.commonPart
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation for an element. Value conforms to token. att.common
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI. att.commonPart
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value of datatype ID. att.id

Member of

model.musicPart

Contained by

MEI.sharedmusic

May contain

MEI.sharedmdiv

Declaration


                  <classes>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.common"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.declaring"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="model.musicPart"/>
                     </classes>
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:oneOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="model.mdivLike"
                              />
                        </rng:oneOrMore>
                     </content>

Remarks

When the music can be broken into high-level, discrete, linear segments, such as movements of a symphony, there may be multiple mdiv elements within body. This is the highest level indication of the structure of the music.