<lg>

(line group) – May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
2.1.4 General Text Structure Elements, 3.7.1.2 Title Pages, 8.4 Vocally Performed Text Encoded Separately, 9.2.3.1 Figure Captions and Descriptions, 9.2.7 Poetry
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@class, @copyof, @corresp, @decls, @facs, @follows, @fontfam, @fontname, @fontsize, @fontstyle, @fontweight, @label, @layer, @letterspacing, @lineheight, @meiversion, @n, @next, @part, @partstaff, @place, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @sameas, @staff, @synch, @translit, @type, @x, @xml:base, @xml:id, @xml:lang, @y
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
<lg>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@corresp
@decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content.
<lg>att.metadataPointing@decls
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
<lg>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.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@fontfam
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@fontname
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@fontsize
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@fontstyle
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@fontweight
@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.
<lg>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
<lg>att.lyrics.logatt.layerIdent@layer
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@letterspacing
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.typography@lineheight
@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)
<lg>att.commonatt.basicatt.meiVersion@meiversion
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
<lg>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@next
@part(optional)Indicates the part in which the current feature should appear. Use 'all' when the feature should occur in every part or 'none' when the feature should not appear in any part.
<lg>att.lyrics.logatt.partIdent@part
@partstaff(optional)Signifies the part staff on which a notated feature occurs. Use 'all' when the feature should occur on every staff.
<lg>att.lyrics.logatt.partIdent@partstaff
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
<lg>att.lyrics.visatt.placementRelStaff@place
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<lg>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.
<lg>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.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
<lg>att.lyrics.logatt.staffIdent@staff
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
<lg>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
<lg>att.lang@translit
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<lg>att.commonatt.typed@type
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute.
<lg>att.xy@x
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
<lg>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.
<lg>att.commonatt.basicatt.id@xml:id
@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.
<lg>att.lang@xml:lang
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute.
<lg>att.xy@y
(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) 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) Provides attributes for elements which may be associated with particular contextual elements within the header.
@decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content.
(MEI.shared) Output coordinate attributes. Some elements may have their exact rendered *output* coordinates recorded. x and y attributes indicate where to place the rendered output. Recording the coordinates of a feature in a facsimile requires the use of the facs attribute.
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute.
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute.
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.lyrics) Logical domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify the layer to which a feature applies.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the part in which the current feature appears.
@part(optional)Indicates the part in which the current feature should appear. Use 'all' when the feature should occur in every part or 'none' when the feature should not appear in any part.
@partstaff(optional)Signifies the part staff on which a notated feature occurs. Use 'all' when the feature should occur on every staff.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the staff or staff group associated with the current feature.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing placement information with respect to the staff.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
@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.
@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.
@decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements (other than classification terms) within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.
@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.
@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.
@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.
@part(optional)Indicates the part in which the current feature should appear. Use 'all' when the feature should occur in every part or 'none' when the feature should not appear in any part.
@partstaff(optional)Signifies the part staff on which a notated feature occurs. Use 'all' when the feature should occur on every staff.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.
@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.
@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.
@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.
@x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs 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.
@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.
@y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs attribute.
Member of
model.lgLikeGroups elements that have a line-grouping function.
Contained By
(MEI.text) Groups elements that have a line-grouping function.
<incipText>Opening words of a musical composition.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which may appear as part of the paragraph content model. A paragraph may contain inline elements and all other block-level elements except itself.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
(MEI.shared) Groups block-level text elements.
<annot>Associates a statement or other information with a part of the encoding.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter, section, or a text division within the score.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<history>Provides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the circumstances of its creation.
<li>Single item in a <list>.
<pgDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or description of the content of a physical page.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that contains column or row heading information.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as opposed to one containing data.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that may appear as part of a textual variant.
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that may appear as part of a textual or musical variant.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements that may appear as part of editorial and transcription elements in prose.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements that may appear as part of editorial and transcription elements.
<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.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<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.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that contains column or row heading information.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as opposed to one containing data.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<history>Provides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the circumstances of its creation.
<incipText>Opening words of a musical composition.
<annot>Associates a statement or other information with a part of the encoding.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter, section, or a text division within the score.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<pgDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or description of the content of a physical page.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
<li>Single item in a <list>.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
May Contain
(MEI.shared) Groups elements used to provide a heading at the start of a text division or other markup component.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
(MEI.text) Groups elements that have a line-grouping function.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
(MEI.text) Groups elements representing metrical components such as verse lines.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
Remarks

The model of this element is based on the lg element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="lg" module="MEI.shared">
<gloss xml:lang="en">line group</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit,
<abbr>e.g.</abbr>
, a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.metadataPointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.xy"/>
<memberOf key="att.lyrics.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.lyrics.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.lyrics.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.lyrics.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.lgLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<classRef key="model.headLike" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<classRef key="model.lLike"/>
<classRef key="model.lgLike"/>
</alternate>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<classRef key="model.lLike"/>
<classRef key="model.lgLike"/>
</alternate>
</sequence>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-lg.html">lg</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+anyStart(#021ede6)