<syl>

(syllable) – Individual lyric syllable.
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@con, @fontfam, @fontname, @fontsize, @fontstyle, @fontweight, @halign, @ho, @label, @letterspacing, @lineheight, @place, @type, @vo, @wordpos, @xml:id, @xml:lang
@con(optional)Describes the symbols typically used to indicate breaks between syllables and their functions. Allowed values are: "s" (Space (word separator).), "d" (Dash (syllable separator).), "u" (Underscore (syllable extension).), "t" (Tilde (syllable elision).), "c" (Circumflex [angled line above] (syllable elision).), "v" (Caron [angled line below] (syllable elision).), "i" (Inverted breve [curved line above] (syllable elision).), "b" (Breve [curved line below] (syllable elision).)
<syl>att.syl.log@con
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@fontfam
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@fontname
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@fontsize
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@fontstyle
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@fontweight
@halign(optional)Records horizontal alignment. Value conforms to data.HORIZONTALALIGNMENT.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.horizontalAlign@halign
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.visualOffsetatt.visualOffset.ho@ho
@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.
<syl>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@letterspacing
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.typography@lineheight
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated. Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.placementRelStaff@place
@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.
<syl>att.commonatt.typed@type
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
<syl>att.syl.visatt.visualOffsetatt.visualOffset.vo@vo
@wordpos(optional)Records the position of a syllable within a word. Allowed values are: "i" ((initial) first syllable.), "m" ((medial) neither first nor last syllable.), "s" ((single) single syllable.), "t" ((terminal) last syllable.)
<syl>att.syl.log@wordpos
@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.
<syl>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.
<syl>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) 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.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
@con(optional)Describes the symbols typically used to indicate breaks between syllables and their functions. Allowed values are: "s" (Space (word separator).), "d" (Dash (syllable separator).), "u" (Underscore (syllable extension).), "t" (Tilde (syllable elision).), "c" (Circumflex [angled line above] (syllable elision).), "v" (Caron [angled line below] (syllable elision).), "i" (Inverted breve [curved line above] (syllable elision).), "b" (Breve [curved line below] (syllable elision).)
@wordpos(optional)Records the position of a syllable within a word. Allowed values are: "i" ((initial) first syllable.), "m" ((medial) neither first nor last syllable.), "s" ((single) single syllable.), "t" ((terminal) last syllable.)
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing placement information with respect to the staff.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated. Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.
(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
(MEI.shared) Visual offset attributes. Some items may have their location recorded in terms of offsets from their programmatically-determined location. The ho attribute records the horizontal offset while vo records the vertical. The to attribute holds a timestamp offset, the most common use of which is as an alternative to the ho attribute.
(MEI.shared) Horizontal offset attributes.
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
(MEI.shared) Vertical offset attributes.
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record horizontal alignment.
@halign(optional)Records horizontal alignment. Value conforms to data.HORIZONTALALIGNMENT.
@con(optional)Describes the symbols typically used to indicate breaks between syllables and their functions. Allowed values are: "s" (Space (word separator).), "d" (Dash (syllable separator).), "u" (Underscore (syllable extension).), "t" (Tilde (syllable elision).), "c" (Circumflex [angled line above] (syllable elision).), "v" (Caron [angled line below] (syllable elision).), "i" (Inverted breve [curved line above] (syllable elision).), "b" (Breve [curved line below] (syllable elision).)
@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family. Value conforms to data.FONTFAMILY.
@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font. Value conforms to data.FONTNAME.
@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%. Value conforms to data.FONTSIZE.
@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal. Value conforms to data.FONTSTYLE.
@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type. Value conforms to data.FONTWEIGHT.
@halign(optional)Records horizontal alignment. Value conforms to data.HORIZONTALALIGNMENT.
@ho(optional)Records a horizontal adjustment to a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
@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.
@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYSIGNED.
@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property. Value conforms to either data.MEASUREMENTTYPOGRAPHYUNSIGNED or data.PERCENT.
@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated. Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.
@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.
@vo(optional)Records the vertical adjustment of a feature’s programmatically-determined location in terms of staff interline distance; that is, in units of 1/2 the distance between adjacent staff lines. Value conforms to data.MEASUREMENTSIGNED.
@wordpos(optional)Records the position of a syllable within a word. Allowed values are: "i" ((initial) first syllable.), "m" ((medial) neither first nor last syllable.), "s" ((single) single syllable.), "t" ((terminal) last syllable.)
@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
model.sylLikeGroups elements that contain a lyric syllable.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that contain a lyric syllable.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<note>A single pitched event.
<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.
<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.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<note>A single pitched event.
May Contain
textual content
(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.
<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

Do not confuse this element with the syllable [not available in this MEI customization] element, which is used to organize neume notation.

Declaration
<elementSpec rend="add" ident="syl" module="MEI.shared">
<gloss xml:lang="en">syllable</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Individual lyric syllable.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.syl.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.syl.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.sylLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<zeroOrMore>
<choice>
<rng:text/>
<ref name="model.textPhraseLike.limited"/>
<ref name="model.appLike"/>
<ref name="model.editLike"/>
<ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</choice>
</zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>Do not confuse this element with the <gi scheme="MEI">syllable</gi> element, which is used to organize neume notation.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+basic(#cd58552)