<barLine>

Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into metrical units.
2.1.2.2.2 Sections, 2.2.4.2 Bar Lines and Custos Signs, 5.5 Music Data Organization
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@altsym, @class, @color, @control, @copyof, @corresp, @evaluate, @facs, @follows, @form, @glyph.auth, @glyph.name, @glyph.num, @glyph.uri, @label, @len, @meiversion, @metcon, @method, @n, @next, @place, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @sameas, @synch, @target, @targettype, @type, @visible, @width, @xlink:actuate, @xlink:role, @xlink:show, @xml:base, @xml:id
@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.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.altSym@altsym
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
<barLine>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.color@color
@control(optional)Indicates whether or not a bar line is "controlling"; that is, if it indicates a point of alignment across all the parts. Bar lines within a score are usually controlling; that is, they "line up". Bar lines within parts may or may not be controlling. When applied to <measure>, this attribute indicates the nature of the right bar line but not the left.
<barLine>att.barLine.logatt.meterConformance.bar@control
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@corresp
@evaluate(optional)Specifies the intended meaning when a participant in a relationship is itself a pointer. Allowed values are: "all" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then the target of that pointer will be taken, and so on, until an element is found which is not a pointer.), "one" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then its target (whether a pointer or not) is taken as the target of this pointer.), "none" (No further evaluation of targets is carried out beyond that needed to find the element(s) specified in plist or target attribute.)
<barLine>att.targetEval@evaluate
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
<barLine>att.facsimile@facs
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@form(optional)Records the appearance and usually the function of the bar line.
<barLine>att.barLine.log@form
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.auth@glyph.auth
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.names@glyph.name
@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.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.names@glyph.num
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.extSymatt.extSym.auth@glyph.uri
@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.
<barLine>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@len(optional)States the length of bar lines in virtual units. The value must be greater than 0 and is typically equal to 2 times (the number of staff lines - 1); e.g., a value of 8 for a 5-line staff.
<barLine>att.barLine.vis@len
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
<barLine>att.commonatt.basicatt.meiVersion@meiversion
@metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a measure and the prevailing meter.
<barLine>att.barLine.logatt.meterConformance.bar@metcon
@method(optional)Records the method of barring.
<barLine>att.barLine.vis@method
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
<barLine>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@next
@place(optional)Denotes the staff location of the bar line if its length is non-standard.
<barLine>att.barLine.vis@place
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@prev
@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.
<barLine>att.commonatt.responsibility@resp
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
<barLine>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@target(optional)Identifies passive participants in a relationship; that is, the entities pointed "to".
<barLine>att.pointing@target
@targettype(optional)Characterization of target resource(s) using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
<barLine>att.pointing@targettype
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<barLine>att.commonatt.typed@type
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.visibility@visible
@width(optional)Measurement of the horizontal dimension of an entity.
<barLine>att.barLine.visatt.width@width
@xlink:actuate(optional)Defines whether a link occurs automatically or must be requested by the user. Allowed values are: "onLoad" (Load the target resource(s) immediately.), "onRequest" (Load the target resource(s) upon user request.), "none" (Do not permit loading of the target resource(s).), "other" (Behavior other than allowed by the other values of this attribute.)
<barLine>att.pointing@xlink:actuate
@xlink:role(optional)Characterization of the relationship between resources. The value of the role attribute must be a URI.
<barLine>att.pointing@xlink:role
@xlink:show(optional)Defines how a remote resource is rendered. Allowed values are: "new" (Open in a new window.), "replace" (Load the referenced resource in the same window.), "embed" (Embed the referenced resource at the point of the link.), "none" (Do not permit traversal to the referenced resource.), "other" (Behavior other than permitted by the other values of this attribute.)
<barLine>att.pointing@xlink:show
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
<barLine>att.commonatt.basic@xml:base
@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.
<barLine>att.commonatt.basicatt.id@xml:id
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(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.
(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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record the version of MEI in use.
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
(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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to all pointing/linking elements.
@xlink:actuate(optional)Defines whether a link occurs automatically or must be requested by the user. Allowed values are: "onLoad" (Load the target resource(s) immediately.), "onRequest" (Load the target resource(s) upon user request.), "none" (Do not permit loading of the target resource(s).), "other" (Behavior other than allowed by the other values of this attribute.)
@xlink:role(optional)Characterization of the relationship between resources. The value of the role attribute must be a URI.
@xlink:show(optional)Defines how a remote resource is rendered. Allowed values are: "new" (Open in a new window.), "replace" (Load the referenced resource in the same window.), "embed" (Embed the referenced resource at the point of the link.), "none" (Do not permit traversal to the referenced resource.), "other" (Behavior other than permitted by the other values of this attribute.)
@target(optional)Identifies passive participants in a relationship; that is, the entities pointed "to".
@targettype(optional)Characterization of target resource(s) using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that deal with resolution of values in plist or target attributes.
@evaluate(optional)Specifies the intended meaning when a participant in a relationship is itself a pointer. Allowed values are: "all" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then the target of that pointer will be taken, and so on, until an element is found which is not a pointer.), "one" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then its target (whether a pointer or not) is taken as the target of this pointer.), "none" (No further evaluation of targets is carried out beyond that needed to find the element(s) specified in plist or target attribute.)
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
@form(optional)Records the appearance and usually the function of the bar line.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that provide information about a measure’s conformance to the prevailing meter.
@metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a measure and the prevailing meter.
@control(optional)Indicates whether or not a bar line is "controlling"; that is, if it indicates a point of alignment across all the parts. Bar lines within a score are usually controlling; that is, they "line up". Bar lines within parts may or may not be controlling. When applied to <measure>, this attribute indicates the nature of the right bar line but not the left.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
@len(optional)States the length of bar lines in virtual units. The value must be greater than 0 and is typically equal to 2 times (the number of staff lines - 1); e.g., a value of 8 for a 5-line staff.
@method(optional)Records the method of barring.
@place(optional)Denotes the staff location of the bar line if its length is non-standard.
(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.
(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.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes used to associate MEI features with corresponding glyphs in an externally-defined standard such as SMuFL.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes that point to an external symbol authority.
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
(MEI.externalsymbols) Attributes that specify names or values taken from an external symbol authority.
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
@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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes describing whether a feature should be displayed.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe horizontal size.
@width(optional)Measurement of the horizontal dimension of an entity.
@glyph.auth(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element. Suggested values are: "smufl" (Standard Music Font Layout.)
@glyph.name(optional)Glyph name.
@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.
@glyph.uri(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value of @glyph.name or @glyph.num is taken, or the textual content of the element.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
@control(optional)Indicates whether or not a bar line is "controlling"; that is, if it indicates a point of alignment across all the parts. Bar lines within a score are usually controlling; that is, they "line up". Bar lines within parts may or may not be controlling. When applied to <measure>, this attribute indicates the nature of the right bar line but not the left.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
@evaluate(optional)Specifies the intended meaning when a participant in a relationship is itself a pointer. Allowed values are: "all" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then the target of that pointer will be taken, and so on, until an element is found which is not a pointer.), "one" (If an element pointed to is itself a pointer, then its target (whether a pointer or not) is taken as the target of this pointer.), "none" (No further evaluation of targets is carried out beyond that needed to find the element(s) specified in plist or target attribute.)
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@form(optional)Records the appearance and usually the function of the bar line.
@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.
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
@metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a measure and the prevailing meter.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@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.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
@target(optional)Identifies passive participants in a relationship; that is, the entities pointed "to".
@targettype(optional)Characterization of target resource(s) using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
@width(optional)Measurement of the horizontal dimension of an entity.
@xlink:actuate(optional)Defines whether a link occurs automatically or must be requested by the user. Allowed values are: "onLoad" (Load the target resource(s) immediately.), "onRequest" (Load the target resource(s) upon user request.), "none" (Do not permit loading of the target resource(s).), "other" (Behavior other than allowed by the other values of this attribute.)
@xlink:role(optional)Characterization of the relationship between resources. The value of the role attribute must be a URI.
@xlink:show(optional)Defines how a remote resource is rendered. Allowed values are: "new" (Open in a new window.), "replace" (Load the referenced resource in the same window.), "embed" (Embed the referenced resource at the point of the link.), "none" (Do not permit traversal to the referenced resource.), "other" (Behavior other than permitted by the other values of this attribute.)
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
@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.
@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.
@len(optional)States the length of bar lines in virtual units. The value must be greater than 0 and is typically equal to 2 times (the number of staff lines - 1); e.g., a value of 8 for a 5-line staff.
@method(optional)Records the method of barring.
@place(optional)Denotes the staff location of the bar line if its length is non-standard.
Member of
model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<tuplet>A 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.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<tuplet>A 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.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
May Contain
– (<barLine> may not have child elements)
Remarks

This element is provided for repertoires, such as mensural notation, that lack measures. Because the <barLine> element’s attributes, from which the logical and visual characteristics of the bar line can be discerned, largely duplicate those of measure, the use of <barLine> is not necessary within <measure> elements in CMN.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="barLine" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into metrical units.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.pointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.targetEval"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.barLine.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<empty/>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>This element is provided for repertoires, such as mensural notation, that lack measures. Because the <gi scheme="MEI">barLine</gi> element’s attributes, from which the logical and visual characteristics of the bar line can be discerned, largely duplicate those of measure, the use of <gi scheme="MEI">barLine</gi> is not necessary within <gi scheme="MEI">measure</gi> elements in CMN.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+anyStart(#021ede6)