@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<att.classed>direct children@class
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or
section.
<divLine>Represents a division (divisio) in neume notation. Divisions indicate short, medium,
or long pauses
similar to breath marks in modern notation.
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
<nc>Sign representing a single pitched event, although the exact pitch may not be
known.
<neume>Sign representing one or more musical pitches.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of
the original material.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent
pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may
or may not
actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic
signs.
<altId>May contain a bibliographic identifier that does not fit within
the meiHead element’s id attribute, for example because the identifier does not fit
the
definition of an XML id or because multiple identifiers are needed.
<ambNote>Highest or lowest pitch in a score, staff, or layer.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or
poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes
made
to the layout of the measures around it.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an
assertion.
<appInfo>Groups information about applications which have acted upon
the MEI file.
<application>Provides information about an application which has acted upon the current
document.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively
rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<arranger>A person or organization who transcribes a musical composition, usually for a different
medium from that of the original; in an arrangement the musical substance remains
essentially
unchanged.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without
pause.
<attUsage>Documents the usage of a specific attribute of the element.
<audience>Defines the class of user for which the work is intended, as defined by age group
(e.g.,
children, young adults, adults, etc.), educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, etc.), or
other categorization.
<author>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical, literary
work.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item,
including an MEI-encoded document.
<avFile>References an external digital audio or video file.
<back>Contains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main
body of a musical text.
<barLine>Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into
metrical
units.
<binding>Contains a description of one binding, i.e., type of covering, boards, etc.
applied to an item.
<bindingDesc>Describes the present and former bindings of an item.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<body>Contains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring
breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title
page.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated
by
"railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<captureMode>The means used to record notation, sound, or images in the production of
a source/manifestation (e.g., analogue, acoustic, electric, digital, optical etc.).
<carrierForm>The specific class of material to which the physical carrier of the
source/manifestation belongs (e.g., sound cassette, videodisc, microfilm cartridge,
transparency, etc.). The carrier for a manifestation comprising multiple physical
components
may include more than one form (e.g., a filmstrip with an accompanying booklet, a separate
sound disc carrying the sound track for a film, etc.).
<castGrp>Groups one or more individual castItem elements within a cast list.
<castItem>Contains a single entry within a cast list, describing either a single role or a list
of
non-speaking roles.
<castList>Contains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item,
typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<category>Contains an individual descriptive category in a user-defined taxonomy, possibly nested
within a superordinate category.
<clip>Defines a time segment of interest within a recording or within a digital audio or
video
file.
<collation>Records a description of how the leaves or bifolia of an item are physically
arranged.
<colLayout>An empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar
layout.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason
for production of the item.
<componentList>Container for intellectual or physical component parts of a bibliographic entity.
<composer>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a musical work.
<condition>The physical condition of an item, particularly any variances between the physical
make-up
of the item and that of other copies of the same item (e.g., missing pages or plates,
brittleness, faded images, etc.).
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<contents>List of the material contained within a resource.
<context>The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the
work was
originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy in England, the
aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical, social, intellectual,
artistic, or other context within which the expression was realized.
<contributor>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for contributions
to the
intellectual content of a work, where the specialized elements for authors, editors,
etc. do
not suffice or do not apply.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<correction>States how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<course>Describes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material
written elsewhere.
<creation>Non-bibliographic details of the creation of an intellectual entity, in narrative
form,
such as the date, place, and circumstances of its composition. More detailed information
may
be captured within the history element.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as
superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is
attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in
more specific
elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<distributor>Person or agency, other than a publisher, from which access (including electronic
access)
to a bibliographic entity may be obtained.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<domainsDecl>Indicates which domains are included in the encoding.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<edition>A word or text phrase that indicates a difference in either
content or form between the item being described and a related item previously issued
by the
same publisher/distributor (e.g., 2nd edition, version 2.0, etc.), or simultaneously issued by
either the same publisher/distributor or another publisher/distributor (e.g., large print
edition, British edition, etc.).
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial
capacity.
<editorialDecl>Used to provide details of editorial principles and practices
applied during the encoding of musical text.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the
source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the
encoding/editing process.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta,
etc.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<expansion>Indicates how a section may be programmatically expanded into its 'through-composed'
form.
<explicit>Contains the explicit of a manuscript item; that is, the closing words of the text
proper,
exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
<expression>Intellectual or artistic realization of a work.
<facsimile>Contains a representation of a written source in the form of a set of images rather
than
as transcribed or encoded text.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a
chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer
than
its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase
or section.
Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<fig>Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an
illustration or figure.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of
a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<fileChar>Standards or schemes used to encode the file (e.g., ASCII, SGML,
etc.), physical characteristics of the file (e.g., recording density, parity, blocking, etc.),
and other characteristics that have a bearing on how the file can be processed.
<fileDesc>Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<foliaDesc>Describes the order of folia and bifolia making up the text block of a manuscript
or
print.
<foliation>Describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a
codex.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<front>Bundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps
between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<funder>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for funding. Funders
provide financial support for a project; they are distinct from sponsors, who provide
intellectual support and authority.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part
of
sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<genDesc>Bundles information about the textual development of a
work.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<genre>Term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or
content.
<genState>Describes a distinctive state in the textual development of a work.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually
indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<graphic>Indicates the location of an inline graphic.
<group>Contains a composite musical text, grouping together a sequence of distinct musical
texts
(or groups of such musical texts) which are regarded as a unit for some purpose, for
example,
the collected works of a composer.
<grpSym>A brace or bracket used to group two or more staves of a score or
part.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., <
and >.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached.
For a
"tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.
<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.
<language>Description of a language used in the document.
<langUsage>Groups elements describing the languages, sub-languages, dialects,
etc., represented within the encoded resource.
<layout>Describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling,
pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
line.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g., a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<locus>Defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly
discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
<locusGrp>Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item
within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<lyricist>Person or organization who is a writer of the text of a song.
<manifestation>A bibliographic description of a physical embodiment of an expression of a work.
<manifestationList>A container for the descriptions of physical embodiments of an expression of a
work.
<mapping>One or more characters which are related to the parent symbol in some respect, as
specified by the type attribute.
<mdiv>Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type,
as
determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<meiCorpus>A group of related MEI documents, consisting of a header for the group, and
one or more <mei> elements, each with its own complete header.
<mensur>Collects information about the metrical relationship between a note value
and the next smaller value; that is, either triple or duple.
<mensuration>Captures information about mensuration within bibliographic descriptions.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the
musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently
via
other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.
<midi>Container for elements that contain information useful when generating MIDI output.
<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always
consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure
number/label.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a
published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually
a
step below, but sometimes a step above.
<music>Contains a single musical text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example,
an
etude, opera, song cycle, symphony, or anthology of piano solos.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as
part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<namespace>Supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its
children
belong.
<ncGrp>Collection of one or more neume components.
<normalization>Indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried
out
in converting it to electronic form.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or
manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<perfMedium>Indicates the number and character of the performing forces used in
a musical composition.
<performance>A presentation of one or more musical works.
<perfRes>Name of an instrument on which a performer plays, a performer's
voice range, or a standard performing ensemble designation.
<perfResList>Several instrumental or vocal resources treated as a group.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<pgDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or description
of the content of a physical page.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<physDesc>Container for information about the appearance, construction, or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
<physLoc>Groups information about the current physical location of a
bibliographic item, such as the repository in which it is located and its shelf mark(s),
and
its previous locations.
<physMedium>Records the physical materials used in the source, such as ink and
paper.
<plateNum>Designation assigned to a resource by a music publisher, usually printed
at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.
<playingSpeed>Playing speed for a sound recording is the speed at which the carrier must be operated
to
produce the sound intended (e.g., 33 1/3 rpm, 19 cm/s, etc.).
<projectDesc>Project-level meta-data describing the aim or purpose for which
the electronic file was encoded, funding agencies, etc. together with any other relevant
information concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected.
<proport>Description of note duration as arithmetic ratio.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<ptr>Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes to
describe the destination.
<publisher>Name of the organization responsible for the publication of a bibliographic item.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<pubStmt>Container for information regarding the publication or
distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher’s name and address,
the date of
publication, and other relevant details.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<recipient>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) receiving
correspondence.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or
italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<repeatMark>
An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically
above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<resp>A phrase describing the nature of intellectual responsibility.
<respStmt>Transcription of text that names one or more individuals,
groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization,
production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial
or
authorial marking or instruction.
<revisionDesc>Container for information about alterations that have been made
to an MEI file.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<rubric>Contains a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning or end
of a
text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some
way set
off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type
of script,
or some other such visual device.
<samplingDecl>Contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in
sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on
a new line.
<sealDesc>Describes the seals or similar external attachments applied to an
item.
<secFolio>Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically
the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the
item.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<soundChan>Reflects the number of apparent sound channels in the playback of a
recording (monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, etc.).
<source>A bibliographic description of a source used in the creation of the electronic
file.
<sourceDesc>A container for the descriptions of the source(s) used in the
creation of the electronic file.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the
combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<speaker>Contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers
in a dramatic text or fragment.
<specRepro>The equalization system, noise reduction system,
etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
<sponsor>Names of sponsoring individuals, organizations or institutions. Sponsors give their
intellectual authority to a project; they are to be distinguished from funders, who
provide
the funding but do not necessarily take intellectual responsibility.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<string>Used to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning
of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as
a single intervention in the text.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<support>Provides a description of the physical support material of a written item.
<supportDesc>Groups elements describing the physical support material of an
item.
<surface>Defines a writing surface in terms of a rectangular coordinate space, optionally grouping
one or more graphic representations of that space, and rectangular zones of interest
within
it.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets
that extend across bar lines.
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the
written
note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<typeDesc>Contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the
printing of a printed source.
<typeNote>Describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature of a
printed resource.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
<unpub>Used to explicitly indicate that a bibliographic resource is
unpublished.
<useRestrict>Container for information about the conditions that affect use of a
bibliographic item after access has been granted.
<when>Indicates a point in time either absolutely (using the absolute attribute), or relative
to
another when element (using the since, interval and inttype attributes).
<width>Description of the horizontal size of an object.
<work>Provides a detailed description of a work — a distinct intellectual or artistic creation
—
specifically its history, language use, and high-level musical attributes (e.g., key, tempo,
meter, medium of performance, and intended duration).
<workList>Grouping mechanism for information describing non-bibliographic aspects of a
text.
<zone>Defines an area of interest within a <surface> or graphic file.
Common Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively
rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without
pause.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely
within
a measure.
<beamSpan>Alternative element for explicitly encoding beams, particularly those which
extend across bar lines.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<bend>A variation in pitch (often micro-tonal) upwards or downwards during the course of
a
note.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring
breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps
between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer
than
its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase
or section.
Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually
indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., <
and >.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always
consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure
number/label.
<mRpt>An indication that the previous measure should be repeated.
<mRpt2>An indication that the previous two measures should be
repeated.
<mSpace>A measure containing only empty space in any meter.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type,
as
determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a
convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.
<repeatMark>
An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically
above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined
rhythmic values.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets
that extend across bar lines.
CMN ornament component declarations.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually
a
step below, but sometimes a step above.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second
above).
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the
written
note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
Corpus component declarations.
<meiCorpus>A group of related MEI documents, consisting of a header for the group, and
one or more <mei> elements, each with its own complete header.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material
written elsewhere.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as
superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part
of
sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe,
writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the
musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently
via
other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some
sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial
or
authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as
a single intervention in the text.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
Facsimile component declarations.
<facsimile>Contains a representation of a written source in the form of a set of images rather
than
as transcribed or encoded text.
<surface>Defines a writing surface in terms of a rectangular coordinate space, optionally grouping
one or more graphic representations of that space, and rectangular zones of interest
within
it.
<zone>Defines an area of interest within a <surface> or graphic file.
Figures and tables component declarations.
<fig>Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an
illustration or figure.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of
a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<graphic>Indicates the location of an inline graphic.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a
chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<accessRestrict>Describes the conditions that affect the accessibility of
material.
<acquisition>Records information concerning the process by which an item was acquired by the holding
institution.
<altId>May contain a bibliographic identifier that does not fit within
the meiHead element’s id attribute, for example because the identifier does not fit
the
definition of an XML id or because multiple identifiers are needed.
<appInfo>Groups information about applications which have acted upon
the MEI file.
<application>Provides information about an application which has acted upon the current
document.
<attUsage>Documents the usage of a specific attribute of the element.
<audience>Defines the class of user for which the work is intended, as defined by age group
(e.g.,
children, young adults, adults, etc.), educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, etc.), or
other categorization.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item,
including an MEI-encoded document.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title
page.
<captureMode>The means used to record notation, sound, or images in the production of
a source/manifestation (e.g., analogue, acoustic, electric, digital, optical etc.).
<carrierForm>The specific class of material to which the physical carrier of the
source/manifestation belongs (e.g., sound cassette, videodisc, microfilm cartridge,
transparency, etc.). The carrier for a manifestation comprising multiple physical
components
may include more than one form (e.g., a filmstrip with an accompanying booklet, a separate
sound disc carrying the sound track for a film, etc.).
<category>Contains an individual descriptive category in a user-defined taxonomy, possibly nested
within a superordinate category.
<change>Individual change within the revision description.
<changeDesc>Description of a revision of the MEI file.
<classDecls>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<classification>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<componentList>Container for intellectual or physical component parts of a bibliographic entity.
<condition>The physical condition of an item, particularly any variances between the physical
make-up
of the item and that of other copies of the same item (e.g., missing pages or plates,
brittleness, faded images, etc.).
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<contents>List of the material contained within a resource.
<context>The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the
work was
originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy in England, the
aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical, social, intellectual,
artistic, or other context within which the expression was realized.
<correction>States how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text.
<cutout>A cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.
<domainsDecl>Indicates which domains are included in the encoding.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<editorialDecl>Used to provide details of editorial principles and practices
applied during the encoding of musical text.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the
source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the
encoding/editing process.
<exhibHist>A record of public exhibitions, including dates, venues,
etc.
<extMeta>Provides a container element for non-MEI metadata formats.
<fileChar>Standards or schemes used to encode the file (e.g., ASCII, SGML,
etc.), physical characteristics of the file (e.g., recording density, parity, blocking, etc.),
and other characteristics that have a bearing on how the file can be processed.
<fileDesc>Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.
<foliaDesc>Describes the order of folia and bifolia making up the text block of a manuscript
or
print.
<hand>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.
<handList>Container for one or more hand elements.
<history>Provides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the
circumstances of its creation.
<incipCode>Incipit coded in a non-XML, plain text format, such as Plaine & Easie Code.
<incipText>Opening words of a musical composition.
<inscription>An inscription added to an item, such as a bookplate, a note designating the item
as a
gift, and/or the author’s signature.
<interpretation>Describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the transcription
of the music.
<key>Key captures information about tonal center and mode.
<langUsage>Groups elements describing the languages, sub-languages, dialects,
etc., represented within the encoded resource.
<language>Description of a language used in the document.
<mensuration>Captures information about mensuration within bibliographic descriptions.
<meter>Captures information about the time signature within bibliographic descriptions.
<namespace>Supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its
children
belong.
<normalization>Indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried
out
in converting it to electronic form.
<notesStmt>Collects any notes providing information about a text additional to
that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description.
<otherChar>Any characteristic that serves to differentiate a
work or expression from another.
<patch>Describes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or
manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<perfMedium>Indicates the number and character of the performing forces used in
a musical composition.
<perfRes>Name of an instrument on which a performer plays, a performer's
voice range, or a standard performing ensemble designation.
<perfResList>Several instrumental or vocal resources treated as a group.
<physDesc>Container for information about the appearance, construction, or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
<physMedium>Records the physical materials used in the source, such as ink and
paper.
<plateNum>Designation assigned to a resource by a music publisher, usually printed
at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.
<playingSpeed>Playing speed for a sound recording is the speed at which the carrier must be operated
to
produce the sound intended (e.g., 33 1/3 rpm, 19 cm/s, etc.).
<price>The cost of access to a bibliographic item.
<projectDesc>Project-level meta-data describing the aim or purpose for which
the electronic file was encoded, funding agencies, etc. together with any other relevant
information concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<pubStmt>Container for information regarding the publication or
distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher’s name and address,
the date of
publication, and other relevant details.
<revisionDesc>Container for information about alterations that have been made
to an MEI file.
<samplingDecl>Contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in
sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection.
<scoreFormat>Describes the type of score used to represent a musical composition (e.g., short score,
full score, condensed score, close score, etc.).
<segmentation>Describes the principles according to which the musical text has been segmented, for
example into movements, sections, etc.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication
belongs.
<soundChan>Reflects the number of apparent sound channels in the playback of a
recording (monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, etc.).
<source>A bibliographic description of a source used in the creation of the electronic
file.
<sourceDesc>A container for the descriptions of the source(s) used in the
creation of the electronic file.
<specRepro>The equalization system, noise reduction system,
etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
<stdVals>Specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are
supplied.
<sysReq>System requirements for using the electronic item.
<tagUsage>Documents the usage of a specific element within the document.
<tagsDecl>Provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a
document.
<taxonomy>Defines a typology either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly
by a structured taxonomy.
<termList>Collection of text phrases which describe a resource.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<trackConfig>Number of physical/input tracks on a sound medium (e.g., eight
track, twelve track).
<treatHist>A record of the treatment the item has undergone (e.g.,
de-acidification, restoration, etc.).
<treatSched>Scheduled treatment, e.g., de-acidification, restoration, etc., for
an item.
<unpub>Used to explicitly indicate that a bibliographic resource is
unpublished.
<useRestrict>Container for information about the conditions that affect use of a
bibliographic item after access has been granted.
<watermark>Contains a description of a watermark or similar device.
<watermarkDesc>Contains a description of the watermark(s) of an item.
<work>Provides a detailed description of a work — a distinct intellectual or artistic creation
—
specifically its history, language use, and high-level musical attributes (e.g., key, tempo,
meter, medium of performance, and intended duration).
<workList>Grouping mechanism for information describing non-bibliographic aspects of a
text.
Lyrics component declarations.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song
lyrics;
a chorus.
<verse>Division of a poem or song lyrics, sometimes having a fixed length, meter or rhyme
scheme;
a stanza.
<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.
Mensural repertoire component declarations.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<mensur>Collects information about the metrical relationship between a note value
and the next smaller value; that is, either triple or duple.
<accMat>Holds a description of any additional material bound with an item, such as
non-contemporaneous documents or fragments.
<addDesc>Provides a description of significant additions found within an
item, such as marginalia or other annotations.
<binding>Contains a description of one binding, i.e., type of covering, boards, etc.
applied to an item.
<bindingDesc>Describes the present and former bindings of an item.
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item,
typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<collation>Records a description of how the leaves or bifolia of an item are physically
arranged.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason
for production of the item.
<decoDesc>Contains a description of the decoration of an item.
<decoNote>Contains a description of one or more decorative features of an
item.
<explicit>Contains the explicit of a manuscript item; that is, the closing words of the text
proper,
exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
<foliation>Describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a
codex.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of
arms,
etc.
<layout>Describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling,
pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques.
<locus>Defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly
discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
<locusGrp>Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item
within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
<rubric>Contains a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning or end
of a
text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some
way set
off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type
of script,
or some other such visual device.
<scriptDesc>Contains a description of the letters or characters used in an
autographic item.
<scriptNote>Describes a particular script distinguished within the description of an
autographic item.
<sealDesc>Describes the seals or similar external attachments applied to an
item.
<secFolio>Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically
the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the
item.
<signatures>Provides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness,
validity, etc.
<support>Provides a description of the physical support material of a written item.
<supportDesc>Groups elements describing the physical support material of an
item.
<typeDesc>Contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the
printing of a printed source.
<typeNote>Describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature of a
printed resource.
Names and dates component declarations.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or
alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as
part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<postBox>Contains a number or other identifier for some postal
delivery point other than a street address.
<postCode>Contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address
to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
Neume repertoire component declarations.
<divLine>Represents a division (divisio) in neume notation. Divisions indicate short, medium,
or long pauses
similar to breath marks in modern notation.
<when>Indicates a point in time either absolutely (using the absolute attribute), or relative
to
another when element (using the since, interval and inttype attributes).
Pointer and reference component declarations.
<ptr>Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes to
describe the destination.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<actor>Name of an actor appearing within a cast list.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or
poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an
assertion.
<arranger>A person or organization who transcribes a musical composition, usually for a different
medium from that of the original; in an arrangement the musical substance remains
essentially
unchanged.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<author>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical, literary
work.
<barLine>Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into
metrical
units.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<colLayout>An empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar
layout.
<composer>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a musical work.
<contributor>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for contributions
to the
intellectual content of a work, where the specialized elements for authors, editors,
etc. do
not suffice or do not apply.
<creation>Non-bibliographic details of the creation of an intellectual entity, in narrative
form,
such as the date, place, and circumstances of its composition. More detailed information
may
be captured within the history element.
<custos>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next
line.
Sometimes called a "direct".
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<dedicatee>Entity to whom a creative work is formally offered.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is
attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above,
below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in
more specific
elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<distributor>Person or agency, other than a publisher, from which access (including electronic
access)
to a bibliographic entity may be obtained.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or
section.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<edition>A word or text phrase that indicates a difference in either
content or form between the item being described and a related item previously issued
by the
same publisher/distributor (e.g., 2nd edition, version 2.0, etc.), or simultaneously issued by
either the same publisher/distributor or another publisher/distributor (e.g., large print
edition, British edition, etc.).
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial
capacity.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta,
etc.
<eventList>Contains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
<expansion>Indicates how a section may be programmatically expanded into its 'through-composed'
form.
<extData>Provides a container element for non-MEI data formats.
<extent>Used to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages,
records, bytes, physical components, etc.
<funder>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for funding. Funders
provide financial support for a project; they are distinct from sponsors, who provide
intellectual support and authority.
<genre>Term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or
content.
<group>Contains a composite musical text, grouping together a sequence of distinct musical
texts
(or groups of such musical texts) which are regarded as a unit for some purpose, for
example,
the collected works of a composer.
<grpSym>A brace or bracket used to group two or more staves of a score or
part.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the
heading of a list.
<height>Description of the vertical size of an object.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<imprint>Information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
<incip>The opening music and/or words of a musical or textual work.
<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached.
For a
"tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.
<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
line.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g., a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<librettist>Person or organization who is a writer of the text of an opera, oratorio, etc.
<lyricist>Person or organization who is a writer of the text of a song.
<mdiv>Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a
published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<music>Contains a single musical text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example,
an
etude, opera, song cycle, symphony, or anthology of piano solos.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<physLoc>Groups information about the current physical location of a
bibliographic item, such as the repository in which it is located and its shelf mark(s),
and
its previous locations.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<publisher>Name of the organization responsible for the publication of a bibliographic item.
<recipient>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) receiving
correspondence.
<relatedItem>Contains or references another bibliographic item which is related to the
present one.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or
italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<resp>A phrase describing the nature of intellectual responsibility.
<respStmt>Transcription of text that names one or more individuals,
groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization,
production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on
a new line.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has
appeared.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the
combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<speaker>Contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers
in a dramatic text or fragment.
<sponsor>Names of sponsoring individuals, organizations or institutions. Sponsors give their
intellectual authority to a project; they are to be distinguished from funders, who
provide
the funding but do not necessarily take intellectual responsibility.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent
pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may
or may not
actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic
signs.
<course>Describes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<string>Used to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning
of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
User-defined symbols component declarations.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes
made
to the layout of the measures around it.
<curve>A curved line that cannot be represented by a more specific element, such as a
slur.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic,
element.
<mapping>One or more characters which are related to the parent symbol in some respect, as
specified by the type attribute.
<sch:assert test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:category/@xml:id or
matches($i, '^([a-z]+://|\.{1,2}/)')">The value in @class must either correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a category
element or be an external URL.</sch:assert>