Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.ENCLOSURE

att.enclosingChars/@encloseRecords the characters often used to mark accidentals, articulations, and sometimes notes as having a cautionary or editorial function. For an example of cautionary accidentals enclosed in parentheses, see Read, p. 131, ex. 9-14.

Allowed Values

parenParentheses: ( and ).

brackSquare brackets: [ and ].

boxBox.

noneNone.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.ENCLOSURE" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Enclosures for editorial notes, accidentals, articulations, etc.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <valList type="closed">
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="paren">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Parentheses: ( and ).</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="brack">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Square brackets: [ and ].</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="box">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">Box.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          
                                          <valItem ident="none">
                                             
                                             <desc xml:lang="en">None.</desc>
                                             </valItem>
                                          </valList>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>