altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color'
as used in pre-CMN notation.
Value conforms to data.COLOR.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to
the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch,
relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal
size, e.g., 125%.
Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Allowed values are:
"smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL
version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Value conforms to data.URI.
ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location
in
terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent
staff lines.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value is plain text.
letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing
property.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
source(optional)Contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which attest to a given
reading. Each value should correspond to the ID of a source or manifestationelement located in the document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI
references into absolute URI references.
Value conforms to data.URI.
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it
and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
Value is a valid xml:id.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI
references into absolute URI references.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it
and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
Value is a valid xml:id.
(MEI.shared)
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value is plain text.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect
of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part
of an image.
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to
the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to elements that may refer to a source.
source(optional)Contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which attest to a given
reading. Each value should correspond to the ID of a source or manifestationelement located in the document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
target(optional)Encodes the target note when its pitch differs from the pitch at which the custos
appears.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for capturing momentary pitch inflection.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record written pitch name and octave number.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record written pitch name.
pname(optional)Contains a written pitch name.
Value conforms to data.PITCHNAME.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record written octave.
oct(optional)Captures written octave information.
Value conforms to data.OCTAVE.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.usersymbols) Attributes supplying pointers to user-defined symbols.
altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Visual color attributes.
color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color'
as used in pre-CMN notation.
Value conforms to data.COLOR.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes used to associate MEI features with corresponding
glyphs in an externally-defined standard such as SMuFL.
glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Allowed values are:
"smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
Value is plain text.
glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL
version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify location on a staff in terms of lines and spaces.
loc(optional)Holds the staff location of the feature.
Value conforms to data.STAFFLOC.
(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.
fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch,
relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal
size, e.g., 125%.
Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing
property.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location
in
terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent
staff lines.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes.
External symbols component declarations.
glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Allowed values are:
"smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
Value is plain text.
glyph.num(optional)Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g., "#xE000" or "U+E000". N.B. SMuFL
version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
Value conforms to data.HEXNUM.
glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of
glyph.name or glyph.num is taken.
Value conforms to data.URI.
Facsimile component declarations.
facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to
the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color'
as used in pre-CMN notation.
Value conforms to data.COLOR.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch,
relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal
size, e.g., 125%.
Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location
in
terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent
staff lines.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value is plain text.
letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing
property.
Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
loc(optional)Holds the staff location of the feature.
Value conforms to data.STAFFLOC.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
oct(optional)Captures written octave information.
Value conforms to data.OCTAVE.
pname(optional)Contains a written pitch name.
Value conforms to data.PITCHNAME.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
source(optional)Contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which attest to a given
reading. Each value should correspond to the ID of a source or manifestationelement located in the document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
target(optional)Encodes the target note when its pitch differs from the pitch at which the custos
appears.
Value conforms to data.URI.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI
references into absolute URI references.
Value conforms to data.URI.
xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it
and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
Value is a valid xml:id.
User-defined symbols component declarations.
altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
Member of
model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
beamA container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely
within
a measure.
graceGrpA container for a sequence of grace notes.
ligatureA mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
tupletA group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.
abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.
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.
lem(lemma) – Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
oLayerA layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
origContains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
rdg(reading) – Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
regContains material which has been regularized or normalized in some
sense.
restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial
or
authorial marking or instruction.
sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
Common Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.
beamA container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely
within
a measure.
graceGrpA container for a sequence of grace notes.
oLayerA layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
tupletA group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values,
for
example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
Critical apparatus component declarations.
lem(lemma) – Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
rdg(reading) – Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.
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.
accidRecords a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
accidRecords a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
Remarks
The most common visual form is a sign resembling a mordent. Other graphical forms
may be
indicated by the altsym attribute. Together the pname and
oct attributes identify the location where the custos appears.
Declaration
<elementSpec ident="custos"module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next
line.
Sometimes called a "direct".</desc>
<p>The most common visual form is a sign resembling a mordent. Other graphical forms
may be
indicated by the <att>altsym</att> attribute. Together the <att>pname</att> and
<att>oct</att> attributes identify the location where the custos appears.</p>