Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

@label, @layer, @staff, @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.

@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.

@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.

@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.

@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.

att.common(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.

att.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.

att.labelled(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.

att.typed(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.

att.event(MEI.shared) Attributes that apply to all written events, e.g., note, chord, rest, etc.

att.layerIdent(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify the layer to which a feature applies.

@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.

att.staffIdent(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the staff or staff group associated with the current feature.

@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.

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.

@layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.

@staff(optional)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event applies. Mandatory when applicable.

@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.

@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.

Member of

model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.

model.staffDefPartGroups elements that may appear in the declaration of staff features.

Contained By

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model.eventLike(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.

<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.

<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.

model.layerPart(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

model.staffDefPart(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear in the declaration of staff features.

<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.

MEI.cmn

<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.

<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.

MEI.shared

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.

May Contain

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<clef>

direct children

<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.

MEI.shared

<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.

Declaration


                                 <elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="clefGrp" module="MEI.shared"><gloss xml:lang="en">clef group</gloss>
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.</desc>
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.common"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.event"/>
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.staffDefPart"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <elementRef key="clef" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                                       </content>
</elementSpec>

<clefGrp>