Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@instant, @state

@instant(optional)The @instant attribute is syntactic sugar for classifying a scribal intervention as an ad-hoc modification; that is, one which does not interrupt the writing process. Value must conform to data.BOOLEAN or unknown.

@state(optional)Points to the genetic state that results from this modification. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.

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@instant(optional)The @instant attribute is syntactic sugar for classifying a scribal intervention as an ad-hoc modification; that is, one which does not interrupt the writing process. Value must conform to data.BOOLEAN or unknown.

@state(optional)Points to the genetic state that results from this modification. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.

MEI.geneticGenetic encoding component declarations.

@instant(optional)The @instant attribute is syntactic sugar for classifying a scribal intervention as an ad-hoc modification; that is, one which does not interrupt the writing process. Value must conform to data.BOOLEAN or unknown.

@state(optional)Points to the genetic state that results from this modification. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.

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att.geneticState

att.trans

<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.

<cutout>A cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.

<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.

<patch>Describes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.

<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.

att.metaMark.log

<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.

MEI.edittransEditorial 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.

<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.

<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.

MEI.headerMetadata header component declarations.

<cutout>A cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.

<patch>Describes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.

Constraints

@state attribute should have content.

The value in @state should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a genState (genetic state) element.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.geneticState" module="MEI.genetic" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that pertain to a genetic state.</desc>
                                    
                                    <constraintSpec ident="check_changeState.targets" scheme="schematron">
                                       
                                       <constraint>
                                          
                                          <sch:rule context="@state">
                                             
                                             <sch:assert role="warning" test="not(normalize-space(.) eq '')">@state attribute should
                                                have content.</sch:assert>
                                             
                                             <sch:assert role="warning" test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:genState/@xml:id">The value in @state should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a genState (genetic
                                                state)
                                                element.</sch:assert>
                                             </sch:rule>
                                          </constraint>
                                       </constraintSpec>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="instant" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">The @instant attribute is syntactic sugar for classifying a scribal intervention as
                                             an
                                             ad-hoc modification; that is, one which does not interrupt the writing process.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:choice>
                                                
                                                <rng:ref name="data.BOOLEAN"/>
                                                
                                                <rng:value>unknown</rng:value>
                                                </rng:choice>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="state" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Points to the genetic state that results from this modification.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype maxOccurs="unbounded">
                                             
                                             <rng:ref name="data.URI"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>