att.evidence

Attributes describing the support for and the certainty of an assertion.
11.2 Editorial Markup, 11.2.2 Apparent Errors
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@cert, @evidence
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature. Value conforms to data.CERTAINTY.
<att.evidence>direct children@cert
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
<att.evidence>direct children@evidence
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature. Value conforms to data.CERTAINTY.
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature. Value conforms to data.CERTAINTY.
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
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<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.
<author>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical, literary work.
<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.
<cutout>A cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial capacity.
<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.
<hand>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.
<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.
<patch>Describes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<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.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<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.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<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.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit.
<event>Contains a free-text event description.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<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.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<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.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<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.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<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.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<watermarkList>Grouping several watermarks.
<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.
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<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.
Metadata header component declarations.
<cutout>A cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.
<hand>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.
<patch>Describes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.
<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.
<watermarkList>Grouping several watermarks.
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.
<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.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
<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.
<author>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical, literary work.
<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.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial capacity.
<event>Contains a free-text event description.
<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.
<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.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<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.
Declaration
<classSpec ident="att.evidence" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
<desc xml:lang="en">Attributes describing the support for and the certainty of an assertion.</desc>
<attList>
<attDef ident="cert" usage="opt">
<desc xml:lang="en">Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:ref name="data.CERTAINTY"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>
<attDef ident="evidence" usage="opt">
<desc xml:lang="en">Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="NMTOKEN"/>
</datatype>
<valList type="semi">
<valItem ident="internal">
<desc xml:lang="en">There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="external">
<desc xml:lang="en">There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="conjecture">
<desc xml:lang="en">The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
</classSpec>
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