Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@seq

@seq(optional)Used to assign a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred. Value is a positive integer.

direct children

@seq(optional)Used to assign a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred. Value is a positive integer.

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

@seq(optional)Used to assign a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred. Value is a positive integer.

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att.sequence

att.crit

<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.

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.critappCritical apparatus component declarations.

<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.

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.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.sequence" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that describe order within a collection of features.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="seq" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Used to assign a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features
                                             carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:data type="positiveInteger"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>