Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@xml:lang

@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. Value of datatype language.

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@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. Value of datatype language.

MEI.shared

@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. Value of datatype language.

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<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.

<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.

<meiHead>(MEI header) – Supplies the descriptive and declarative metadata prefixed to every MEI-conformant text.

<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.

<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.

<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.

<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.

<syl>Individual lyric syllable.

<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").

<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.

<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.

MEI.cmn

<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.

<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.

MEI.header

<meiHead>(MEI header) – Supplies the descriptive and declarative metadata prefixed to every MEI-conformant text.

MEI.lyrics

<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.

<volta>Sung text for a specific iteration of a repeated section of music.

MEI.namesdates

<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.

MEI.shared

<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.

<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.

<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.

<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.

<syl>Individual lyric syllable.

<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").

<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.

Remarks

BCP 47 is described at https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47. The IANA Subtag Registry, from which BCP 47 language tags are constructed, may be found at www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry. A tool for locating subtags and validating language tags is available at https://r12a.github.io/apps/subtags.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.lang" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc>Language attributes common to text elements.</desc>
                                    
                                    <attList org="group">
                                       
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="xml:lang" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc>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.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1">
                                             
                                             <rng:data type="language"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          </attDef>
                                       
                                       </attList>
                                    
                                    <remarks>
                                       
                                       <p>BCP 47 is described at <ref target="https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47">https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47</ref>. The IANA Subtag Registry, from which BCP 47
                                          language tags are constructed, may be found at <ref target="www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry">www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry</ref>. A tool for locating subtags
                                          and validating language tags is available at <ref target="https://r12a.github.io/apps/subtags">https://r12a.github.io/apps/subtags</ref>.</p>
                                       </remarks>
                                    </classSpec>