<date>

A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@calendar, @enddate, @isodate, @label, @notafter, @notbefore, @startdate, @type, @xml:id, @xml:lang
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc. Value is a NMTOKEN.
<date>att.calendared@calendar
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.
<date>att.datable@enddate
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.
<date>att.datable@isodate
@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.
<date>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.
<date>att.datable@notafter
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.
<date>att.datable@notbefore
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE.
<date>att.datable@startdate
@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.
<date>att.commonatt.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.
<date>att.commonatt.id@xml:id
@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.
<date>att.lang@xml:lang
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that indicate the calendar system of a date or other datable element.
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc. Value is a NMTOKEN.
(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) Language attributes common to text elements.
@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.
@calendar(optional)Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example, Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc. Value is a NMTOKEN.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
Member of
(date isn't member of any model class)
Contained By
<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.
<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.
May Contain
textual content
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.
(MEI.shared) Groups page beginning-like elements.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases. This class is equivalent to the model.textPhraseLike class without the pb element.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements used as part of a physical address.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which form part of a geographic name.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements that serve as stylistic labels.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements used to represent a postal address.
(MEI.shared) Groups annotation-like elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing a bibliographic description.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing date expressions.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which describe a measurement forming part of the physical dimensions of an object.
(MEI.shared) Groups editorial intervention elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups identifier-like elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that function like line beginnings.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a measurement.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a number or a quantity.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that contain names.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which contain names of individuals or corporate bodies.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups place name elements.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups geographic name elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a corporate entity that holds a bibliographic item.
(MEI.shared) Collects elements that express a relationship.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that mark typographical features.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote the name of a bibliographic item.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
textual content
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
Remarks

This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.

Declaration
<elementSpec rend="add" ident="date" module="MEI.shared">
<desc rend="replace">A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.calendared"/>
<memberOf key="att.datable"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
</classes>
<content>
<zeroOrMore>
<choice>
<rng:text/>
<ref name="model.textPhraseLike"/>
</choice>
</zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks>
<p>This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+basic(#cd58552)