att.common

Attributes common to many elements.
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@label, @type, @xml:id
@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. Value is plain text.
<att.common>att.labelled@label
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
<att.common>att.typed@type
@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. Value is a valid xml:id.
<att.common>att.id@xml:id
(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. Value is a valid xml:id.
(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. Value is plain text.
(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. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
@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. Value is plain text.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
@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. Value is a valid xml:id.
Available at
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<appInfo>Groups information about applications which have acted upon the MEI file.
<application>Provides information about an application which has acted upon the current document.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item, including an MEI-encoded document.
<barre>A barre in a chord tablature grid.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<body>Contains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated by "railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<chordDef>Chord tablature definition.
<chordMember>An individual pitch in a chord defined by a <chordDef> element.
<chordTable>Chord/tablature look-up table.
<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.
<clefGrp>A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.
<course>Describes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in more specific elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the encoding/editing process.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer than its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase or section. Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<fileDesc>(file description) – Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., < and >.
<halfmRpt>A half-measure repeat in any meter.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<harpPedal>Harp pedal diagram.
<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached. For a "tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.
<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<mdiv>(musical division) – Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<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.
<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure number/label.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually a step below, but sometimes a step above.
<mRest>Complete measure rest in any meter.
<mRpt>An indication that the previous measure should be repeated.
<multiRest>Multiple full measure rests compressed into a single bar, frequently found in performer parts.
<multiRpt>Multiple repeated measures.
<music>Contains a single musical text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example, an etude, opera, song cycle, symphony, or anthology of piano solos.
<note>A single pitched event.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<pedal>Piano pedal mark.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<pubStmt>(publication statement) – Container for information regarding the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher's name and address, the date of publication, and other relevant details.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.
<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<repeatMark> An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<respStmt>Names one or more individuals, groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization, production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
<score>Full score view of the musical content.
<scoreDef>(score definition) – Container for score meta-information.
<section>Segment of music data.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<staffGrp>(staff group) – A group of bracketed or braced staves.
<string>Used to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<tabDurSym>A visual indication of the duration of a <tabGrp>.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined rhythmic values.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second above).
<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.
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<verse>Division of a poem or song lyrics, sometimes having a fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme; a stanza.
<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer than its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase or section. Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., < and >.
<halfmRpt>A half-measure repeat in any meter.
<harpPedal>Harp pedal diagram.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<mNum>Designation, name, or label for a measure, often but not always consisting of digits. Use this element when the @n attribute on <measure> does not adequately capture the appearance or placement of the measure number/label.
<mRest>Complete measure rest in any meter.
<mRpt>An indication that the previous measure should be repeated.
<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.
<multiRest>Multiple full measure rests compressed into a single bar, frequently found in performer parts.
<multiRpt>Multiple repeated measures.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<pedal>Piano pedal mark.
<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.
<repeatMark> An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols – segno and coda – typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined rhythmic values.
<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.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually a step below, but sometimes a step above.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second above).
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<chordDef>Chord tablature definition.
<chordMember>An individual pitch in a chord defined by a <chordDef> element.
<chordTable>Chord/tablature look-up table.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<appInfo>Groups information about applications which have acted upon the MEI file.
<application>Provides information about an application which has acted upon the current document.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item, including an MEI-encoded document.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the encoding/editing process.
<fileDesc>(file description) – Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.
<pubStmt>(publication statement) – Container for information regarding the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher's name and address, the date of publication, and other relevant details.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.
<verse>Division of a poem or song lyrics, sometimes having a fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme; a stanza.
<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<body>Contains the whole of a single musical text, excluding any front or back matter.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated by "railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.
<clefGrp>A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<dir>An instruction expressed as a combination of text and symbols, typically above, below, or between staves, but not on the staff — that is not encoded elsewhere in more specific elements, like <tempo>, <dynam> or <repeatMark>.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<label>A container for document text that identifies the feature to which it is attached. For a "tool tip" or other generated label, use the @label attribute.
<labelAbbr>A label on the pages following the first.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<mdiv>(musical division) – Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<music>Contains a single musical text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example, an etude, opera, song cycle, symphony, or anthology of piano solos.
<note>A single pitched event.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<respStmt>Names one or more individuals, groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization, production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
<score>Full score view of the musical content.
<scoreDef>(score definition) – Container for score meta-information.
<section>Segment of music data.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<staffGrp>(staff group) – A group of bracketed or braced staves.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<barre>A barre in a chord tablature grid.
<course>Describes the tuning of a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<string>Used to modify tuning information given by the course element. Describes the tuning of an individual string within a course on a stringed instrument (e.g., guitar, lute).
<tabDurSym>A visual indication of the duration of a <tabGrp>.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
Declaration
<classSpec rend="add" ident="att.common" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
<desc>Attributes common to many elements.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.id"/>
<memberOf key="att.labelled"/>
<memberOf key="att.typed"/>
</classes>
</classSpec>
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