<section>

Segment of music data.
2.1.2.2.2 Sections, 2.1.2.2.3 Structural Repetition, 2.2.1 Score and Part Content, 4.2.1 The Role of the Measure Element, 4.2.4 Re-definition of Score Parameters, 4.3.10.1 Tempo changes and other directives, 4.3.11.1 Large-Scale Structural Repetition, 5.5 Music Data Organization
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@attacca, @class, @copyof, @corresp, @decls, @evaluate, @facs, @follows, @label, @meiversion, @n, @next, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @restart, @sameas, @synch, @target, @targettype, @type, @when, @xlink:actuate, @xlink:role, @xlink:show, @xml:base, @xml:id
@attacca(optional)Indicates that the performance of the next musical division should begin immediately following this one.
<section>att.section.gesatt.attacking@attacca
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
<section>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
<section>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.
<section>att.metadataPointing@decls
@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.)
<section>att.targetEval@evaluate
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
<section>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.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@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.
<section>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@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)
<section>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.
<section>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@next
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<section>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.
<section>att.commonatt.responsibility@resp
@restart(optional)Indicates that staves begin again with this section.
<section>att.section.vis@restart
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
<section>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@target(optional)Identifies passive participants in a relationship; that is, the entities pointed "to".
<section>att.pointing@target
@targettype(optional)Characterization of target resource(s) using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
<section>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.
<section>att.commonatt.typed@type
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document.
<section>att.section.logatt.alignment@when
@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.)
<section>att.pointing@xlink:actuate
@xlink:role(optional)Characterization of the relationship between resources. The value of the role attribute must be a URI.
<section>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.)
<section>att.pointing@xlink:show
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
<section>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.
<section>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) 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) 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.gestural) Attributes whether an element is performed "attacca".
@attacca(optional)Indicates that the performance of the next musical division should begin immediately following this one.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
(MEI.performance) Temporal alignment attributes.
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
@restart(optional)Indicates that staves begin again with this section.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
@attacca(optional)Indicates that the performance of the next musical division should begin immediately following this one.
@when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must be the ID of a <when> element elsewhere in the document.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@restart(optional)Indicates that staves begin again with this section.
Member of
model.sectionLikeGroups elements that represent a segment of music notation.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a segment of music notation.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently via other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a score.
<part>An alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular performer (or group of performers).
<score>Full score view of the musical content.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a section.
<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.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<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.
<section>Segment of music data.
<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.
<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.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently via other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<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.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<part>An alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular performer (or group of performers).
<score>Full score view of the musical content.
<section>Segment of music data.
May Contain
<expansion>Indicates how a section may be programmatically expanded into its 'through-composed' form.
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that contain a critical apparatus entry.
<app>Contains one or more alternative encodings.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements for editorial interventions that may be useful both in transcribing and in authoring processes.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements used for editorial transcription of pre-existing source materials.
<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.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<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.
(MEI.shared) Groups annotation-like elements.
<annot>Associates a statement or other information with a part of the encoding.
(MEI.shared) Groups milestone-style elements found in music notation.
<cb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
<colLayout>An empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar layout.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
(MEI.shared) Groups page beginning-like elements.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
(MEI.shared) Collects elements that express a relationship.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<relationList>Gathers relation elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a section.
(MEI.cmn) Groups elements that may appear as part of a section.
(MEI.cmn) Groups CMN measure-like elements.
<measure>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.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent alternative endings.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that provide score meta-information.
<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a segment of music notation.
<section>Segment of music data.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a section in the mensural and neume repertoires.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that function like staves.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that permit declaration of staff properties.
<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.
(MEI.text) Groups elements used to represent generic structural divisions of text.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter, section, or a text division within the score.
(MEI.usersymbols) Groups elements that function as drawing primitives.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes made to the layout of the measures around it.
<curve>A curved line that cannot be represented by a more specific element, such as a slur.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
<measure>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.
<app>Contains one or more alternative encodings.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a 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.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<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.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
<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.
<annot>Associates a statement or other information with a part of the encoding.
<cb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
<colLayout>An empty formatting element that signals the start of columnar layout.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter, section, or a text division within the score.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<expansion>Indicates how a section may be programmatically expanded into its 'through-composed' form.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<relationList>Gathers relation elements.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.
<section>Segment of music data.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.
<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes made to the layout of the measures around it.
<curve>A curved line that cannot be represented by a more specific element, such as a slur.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
Remarks

This element functions as a container for actual music data. Pointing attributes make it possible to connect this element to other internal or external entities, such as media objects or annotations.

Constraints

A section containing an expansion element must have descendant section, ending, or rdg elements.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="section" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Segment of music data.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.metadataPointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.pointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.targetEval"/>
<memberOf key="att.section.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.section.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.section.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.section.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.sectionLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<elementRef key="expansion" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<classRef key="model.annotLike"/>
<classRef key="model.appLike"/>
<classRef key="model.divLike"/>
<classRef key="model.editLike"/>
<classRef key="model.graphicPrimitiveLike"/>
<classRef key="model.milestoneLike.music"/>
<classRef key="model.relationLike"/>
<classRef key="model.sectionPart"/>
<classRef key="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</alternate>
</sequence>
</content>
<constraintSpec ident="Check_sectionexpansion" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="mei:section[mei:expansion]">
<sch:assert test="descendant::mei:section|descendant::mei:ending|descendant::mei:rdg">A section containing an expansion element must have descendant section, ending, or rdg elements.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>This element functions as a container for actual music data. Pointing attributes make it possible to connect this element to other internal or external entities, such as media objects or annotations.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+anyStart(#021ede6)