In no case should abbr contain elements that would not otherwise be permitted to occur within the parent of its own app ancestor. For example, when used as a descendent of verse, abbr should only contain those elements allowed within verse.
This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.
<elementSpec ident="abbr" module="MEI.edittrans">
<desc>(abbreviation) – A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an
acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.edit"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.trans"/>
<memberOf key="model.editorialLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="model.divLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.editLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.editTransPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.fLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.graphicPrimitiveLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.layerPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.milestoneLike.music"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumeComponentModifierLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumeModifierLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.neumePart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.sectionPart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.staffGrpLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<attList>
<attDef ident="expan" usage="opt">
<desc>Records the expansion of a text abbreviation.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="string"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks>
<p>In no case should <gi scheme="MEI">abbr</gi> contain elements that would not otherwise be
permitted to occur within the parent of its own <gi scheme="MEI">app</gi> ancestor. For
example, when used as a descendent of <gi scheme="MEI">verse</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">abbr</gi> should only contain those elements allowed within <gi scheme="MEI">verse</gi>.</p>
</remarks>
<remarks>
<p>This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded
Archival Description (EAD) standards.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>