<creator>

Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for the creation of the intellectual content of a work, e.g., authors, composers, etc. (context based also lyricists and librettist).
Module
Attributes
@analog, @auth, @auth.uri, @cert, @class, @codedval, @copyof, @corresp, @enddate, @evidence, @facs, @follows, @isodate, @label, @meiversion, @n, @next, @nonfiling, @notafter, @notbefore, @nymref, @nymref, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @role, @sameas, @startdate, @synch, @translit, @type, @xml:base, @xml:id, @xml:lang
@analog(optional)Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding system to which this MEI element is comparable.
@auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content.
@auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute.
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
@codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the @auth or @auth.uri attributes.
@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.
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
@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)
@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.
@nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name.
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
@nymref
@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document.
@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.
@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@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.
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value.
@nymref
(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.shared) Bibliographic attributes.
@analog(optional)Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding system to which this MEI element is comparable.
(MEI.shared) Attributes describing the support for and the certainty of an assertion.
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature.
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
(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) Language attributes common to text elements.
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value.
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
(MEI.shared) Attributes shared by names.
@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document.
@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe the source of a controlled value.
@auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content.
@auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that can be used to associate a representation such as a name or title with canonical information about the object being named or referenced.
@codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the @auth or @auth.uri attributes.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to dates.
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that deal with string filing characteristics.
@nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
@analog(optional)Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding system to which this MEI element is comparable.
@auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content.
@auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute.
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
@codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the @auth or @auth.uri attributes.
@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.
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values are: "internal" (There is evidence within the document to support the intervention.), "external" (There is evidence outside the document to support the intervention.), "conjecture" (The assertion has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.)
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form.
@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)
@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.
@nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name.
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form.
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date.
@nymref
@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document.
@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.
@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@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.
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element’s content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag’s value.
Member of
model.respLikePartGroups elements that delineate particular responsibilities as opposed to the respStmt element that provides for generic statements of responsibility.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that delineate particular responsibilities as opposed to the respStmt element that provides for generic statements of responsibility.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the material being described.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that are used to indicate intellectual or other significant responsibility, for example within a bibliographic citation.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic description.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a title page transcription.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the material being described.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
May Contain
textual content, <corpName>, <name>, <persName>
textual content
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which contain names of individuals or corporate bodies.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
textual content
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="creator" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for the creation of the intellectual content of a work, e.g., authors, composers, etc. (context based also lyricists and librettist).</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.evidence"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.name"/>
<memberOf key="model.respLikePart"/>
</classes>
<content>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<textNode/>
<classRef key="model.nameLike.agent"/>
<elementRef key="name"/>
</alternate>
</content>
<attList>
<attDef ident="nymref"/>
</attList>
</elementSpec>