In MEI, the <measure> element is a grouping mechanism for events and control events. Pointing attributes make it possible to connect this element to other internal or external entities, such as media objects or annotations. The @width attribute may be used to capture the width of the measure for interchange with music printing systems that utilize this information for printing.
<elementSpec ident="measure" module="MEI.cmn">
<desc xml:lang="en">Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type,
as
determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.metadataPointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.pointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.measure.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.measure.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.measure.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.measure.vis"/>
<memberOf key="att.targetEval"/>
<memberOf key="model.measureLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:ref name="model.annotLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.appLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.editLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.graphicPrimitiveLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.measurePart"/>
<rng:ref name="model.milestoneLike.music"/>
<rng:ref name="model.relationLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.staffDefLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>In MEI, the <gi scheme="MEI">measure</gi> element is a grouping mechanism for events and
control events. Pointing attributes make it possible to connect this element to other
internal or external entities, such as media objects or annotations. The <att>width</att>
attribute may be used to capture the width of the measure for interchange with music
printing systems that utilize this information for printing.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>