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>.
The model of this element is based on the expan element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and the expan element of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
<elementSpec ident="expan" module="MEI.edittrans">
<gloss xml:lang="en">expansion</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">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">
<gloss xml:lang="en">abbreviation</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Captures the abbreviated form of the text.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="string"/>
</datatype>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<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>
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-expan.html">expan</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and the <ref target="https://www.loc.gov/ead/EAD3taglib/EAD3-TL-eng.html#elem-expan">expan</ref> element of the Encoded
Archival Description (EAD).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>