Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

hand

hand(optional)Signifies the hand responsible for an action. The value must be the ID of a hand element declared in the header. Value conforms to data.URI.

direct children

hand(optional)Signifies the hand responsible for an action. The value must be the ID of a hand element declared in the header. Value conforms to data.URI.

MEI.sharedComponent declarations that are shared between two or more modules.

hand(optional)Signifies the hand responsible for an action. The value must be the ID of a hand element declared in the header. Value conforms to data.URI.

Available at

compact
by class
by module

abbr, add, corr, cutout, damage, del, expan, gap, lem, metaMark, patch, rdg, restore, subst, unclear

att.handIdent

damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.

gapIndicates 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.

unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

att.crit

lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.

att.trans

abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

addMarks an addition to the text.

corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

cutoutA cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.

delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.

patchDescribes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.

restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

substGroups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.

att.metaMark.log

metaMarkA 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.critappCritical apparatus component declarations.

lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.

MEI.edittransEditorial and transcriptional component declarations.

abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

addMarks an addition to the text.

corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.

delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.

gapIndicates 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.

metaMarkA 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.

restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

substGroups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.

unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

MEI.headerMetadata header component declarations.

cutoutA cutout is a section of a document sheet that has been removed and is now missing.

patchDescribes a physical writing surface attached to the original document.

Constraints

@hand attribute should have content.

Each value in @hand should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a hand element.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.handIdent" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes which identify a document hand.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="hand" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Signifies the hand responsible for an action. The value must be the ID of a 
                                             <gi scheme="MEI">hand</gi>
 element declared in the header.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:ref name="data.URI"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          
                                          <constraintSpec ident="check_handTarget" scheme="schematron">
                                             
                                             <constraint>
                                                
                                                <sch:rule context="@hand">
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="not(normalize-space(.) eq '')">@hand attribute should
                                                      have content.</sch:assert>
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:hand/@xml:id">Each value in @hand should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a hand
                                                      element.</sch:assert>
                                                   </sch:rule>
                                                </constraint>
                                             </constraintSpec>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>