Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@enddate, @isodate, @notafter, @notbefore, @nymref, @role, @startdate

@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.

@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place. One or more values from data.RELATORS, separated by spaces.

@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

direct children

@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.

@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place. One or more values from data.RELATORS, separated by spaces.

att.datable(MEI.shared) Attributes common to dates.

@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

MEI.shared

@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI.

@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place. One or more values from data.RELATORS, separated by spaces.

@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.

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att.name

<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.

MEI.namesdates

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

MEI.shared

<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.

Constraints

@nymref attribute should have content.

The value in @nymref should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of an element.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec rend="add" ident="att.name" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Attributes shared by names.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.datable"/>
                                       
                                       </classes>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="nymref" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the
                                             document.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <ref name="data.URI"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          
                                          <constraintSpec ident="check_nymrefTarget" scheme="schematron">
                                             
                                             <constraint>
                                                
                                                <sch:rule context="@nymref">
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="not(normalize-space(.) eq '')">@nymref attribute
                                                      should have content.</sch:assert>
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:*/@xml:id">The
                                                      value in @nymref should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of an
                                                      element.</sch:assert>
                                                   </sch:rule>
                                                </constraint>
                                             </constraintSpec>
                                          </attDef>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="role" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for
                                             example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                                             
                                             <ref name="data.RELATORS"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          
                                          <remarks xml:lang="en">
                                             
                                             <p>When applicable, values from the 
                                                <abbr>MARC</abbr>
 relator term list (<ref target="http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html</ref>) or code list (<ref target="http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relacode.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relacode.html</ref>) are recommended for
                                                <att>role</att>.</p>
                                             </remarks>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>