<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.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta,
etc.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<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.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of
the original material.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
<part>An alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular
performer (or group of performers).
<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.
<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.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element
provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
(MEI.shared) Groups milestone-style elements found in text.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<back>Contains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main
body of a musical text.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter,
section, or a text division within the score.
<front>Bundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has
appeared.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or
phrases.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or
alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<annot>Associates a statement or other information with a part of the encoding.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the
heading of a list.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<imprint>Information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or
italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<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.
(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.
<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.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of
the original material.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or
alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as
part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element
provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has
appeared.
<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.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<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.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.