In no case should expan 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, expan should only contain those elements allowed within verse.
This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.
<elementSpec ident="expan" module="MEI.edittrans">
<desc>(expansion) – Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.edit"/>
<memberOf key="att.extent"/>
<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="abbr" usage="opt">
<desc>Captures the abbreviated form of the text.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="string"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks>
<p>In no case should <gi scheme="MEI">expan</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">expan</gi> should only contain those elements allowed within <gi scheme="MEI">verse</gi>.</p>
</remarks>
<remarks>
<p>This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded
Archival Description (EAD) standards.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>