att.facsimile

Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.
10.1.1 Elements of the Facsimile Module, 11.1.1 General Relationships Between Elements
Module
MEI.facsimile
Attributes
@facs
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<att.facsimile>direct children@facs
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
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<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<actor>Name of an actor appearing within a cast list.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<address>Contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual.
<addrLine>Single line of a postal address.
<ambitus>Range of a voice, instrument or piece.
<ambNote>Highest or lowest pitch in a score, staff, or layer.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes made to the layout of the measures around it.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without pause.
<avFile>References an external digital audio or video file.
<back>Contains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main body of a musical text.
<barLine>Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into metrical units.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<beamSpan>Alternative element for explicitly encoding beams, particularly those which extend across bar lines.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<bend>A variation in pitch (often micro-tonal) upwards or downwards during the course of a note.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<biblList>List of bibliographic references.
<biblScope>Defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated by "railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<castGrp>Groups one or more individual castItem elements within a cast list.
<castItem>Contains a single entry within a cast list, describing either a single role or a list of non-speaking roles.
<castList>Contains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
<cb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.
<clefGrp>A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the item.
<contributor>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for contributions to the intellectual content of a work, where the specialized elements for authors, editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than a bloc.
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material written elsewhere.
<creation>Non-bibliographic details of the creation of an intellectual entity, in narrative form, such as the date, place, and circumstances of its composition. More detailed information may be captured within the history element.
<creator>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for the creation of the intellectual content of a work, e.g., authors, composers, etc. (context based also lyricists and librettist).
<curve>A curved line that cannot be represented by a more specific element, such as a slur.
<custos>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<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>.
<distributor>Person or agency, other than a publisher, from which access (including electronic access) to a bibliographic entity may be obtained.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
<dot>Dot of augmentation or division.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial capacity.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<event>Contains a free-text event description.
<eventList>Contains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<explicit>Contains the explicit of a manuscript item; that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
<extent>Used to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages, records, bytes, physical components, etc.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or nick name.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer than its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase or section. Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<fig>Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<front>Bundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<funder>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for funding. Funders provide financial support for a project; they are distinct from sponsors, who provide intellectual support and authority.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<genre>Term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<graphic>Indicates the location of an inline graphic.
<grpSym>A brace or bracket used to group two or more staves of a score or part.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., < and >.
<halfmRpt>A half-measure repeat in any meter.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<harpPedal>Harp pedal diagram.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
<imprint>Information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
<keyAccid>Accidental in a key signature.
<keySig>Written key signature.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<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.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<li>Single item in a <list>.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<mdiv>Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type, as determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently via other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<meterSig>Written meter signature.
<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.
<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.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually a step below, but sometimes a step above.
<mRest>Complete measure rest in any meter.
<mRpt>An indication that the previous measure should be repeated.
<mRpt2>An indication that the previous two measures should be repeated.
<mSpace>A measure containing only empty space in any meter.
<multiRest>Multiple full measure rests compressed into a single bar, frequently found in performer parts.
<multiRpt>Multiple repeated measures.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<note>A single pitched event.
<num>Numeric information in any form.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<ossia>Captures original notation and a differently notated version *present in the source being transcribed*.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original material.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<pedal>Piano pedal mark.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style period'.
<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.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<physLoc>Groups information about the current physical location of a bibliographic item, such as the repository in which it is located and its shelf mark(s), and its previous locations.
<plateNum>Designation assigned to a resource by a music publisher, usually printed at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.
<postBox>Contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address.
<postCode>Contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
<publisher>Name of the organization responsible for the publication of a bibliographic item.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
<recipient>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) receiving correspondence.
<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<reh>In an orchestral score and its corresponding parts, a mark indicating a convenient point from which to resume rehearsal after a break.
<relatedItem>Contains or references another bibliographic item which is related to the present one.
<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.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<resp>A phrase describing the nature of intellectual responsibility.
<respStmt>Names one or more individuals, groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization, production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<rubric>Contains a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning or end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
<secFolio>Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the item.
<section>Segment of music data.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has appeared.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a single geopolitical or administrative unit.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<speaker>Contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment.
<sponsor>Names of sponsoring individuals, organizations or institutions. Sponsors give their intellectual authority to a project; they are to be distinguished from funders, who provide the funding but do not necessarily take intellectual responsibility.
<stack>An inline table with a single column.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.
<staffGrp>A group of bracketed or braced staves.
<stageDir>Contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as the name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<tabDurSym>A visual indication of the duration of a <tabGrp>.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
<table>Contains text displayed in tabular form.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that contains column or row heading information.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<textLang>Identifies the languages and writing systems within the work described by a bibliographic description, not the language of the description.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as opposed to one containing data.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined rhythmic values.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<titlePart>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
<tr>A formatting element that contains one or more cells (intersection of a row and a column) in a <table>.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second above).
<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.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets that extend across bar lines.
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<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.
<watermark>Contains a description of a watermark or similar device.
<arpeg>Indicates that the notes of a chord are to be performed successively rather than simultaneously, usually from lowest to highest. Sometimes called a "roll".
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without pause.
<bTrem>A rapid alternation on a single pitch or chord.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<beamSpan>Alternative element for explicitly encoding beams, particularly those which extend across bar lines.
<beatRpt>An indication that material on a preceding beat should be repeated.
<bend>A variation in pitch (often micro-tonal) upwards or downwards during the course of a note.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<breath>An indication of a point at which the performer on an instrument requiring breath (including the voice) may breathe.
<fTrem>A rapid alternation between a pair of notes (or chords or perhaps between a note and a chord) that are (usually) farther apart than a major second.
<fermata>An indication placed over a note or rest to indicate that it should be held longer than its written value. May also occur over a bar line to indicate the end of a phrase or section. Sometimes called a 'hold' or 'pause'.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<hairpin>Indicates continuous dynamics expressed on the score as wedge-shaped graphics, e.g., < and >.
<halfmRpt>A half-measure repeat in any meter.
<harpPedal>Harp pedal diagram.
<lv>A "tie-like" indication that a note should ring beyond its written duration.
<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.
<mRest>Complete measure rest in any meter.
<mRpt>An indication that the previous measure should be repeated.
<mRpt2>An indication that the previous two measures should be repeated.
<mSpace>A measure containing only empty space in any meter.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type, as determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<meterSig>Written meter signature.
<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.
<multiRest>Multiple full measure rests compressed into a single bar, frequently found in performer parts.
<multiRpt>Multiple repeated measures.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original material.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<ossia>Captures original notation and a differently notated version *present in the source being transcribed*.
<pedal>Piano pedal mark.
<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.
<slur>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<tie>An indication that two notes of the same pitch form a single note with their combined rhythmic values.
<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.
<tupletSpan>Alternative element for encoding tuplets, especially useful for tuplets that extend across bar lines.
<mordent>An ornament indicating rapid alternation of the main note with a secondary note, usually a step below, but sometimes a step above.
<trill>Rapid alternation of a note with another (usually at the interval of a second above).
<turn>An ornament consisting of four notes — the upper neighbor of the written note, the written note, the lower neighbor, and the written note.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<stageDir>Contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<cpMark>A verbal or graphical indication to copy musical material written elsewhere.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<metaMark>A graphical or textual statement with additional / explanatory information about the musical text. The textual consequences of this intervention are encoded independently via other means; that is, with elements such as <add>, <del>, etc.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<fig>Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
<graphic>Indicates the location of an inline graphic.
<table>Contains text displayed in tabular form.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that contains column or row heading information.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as opposed to one containing data.
<tr>A formatting element that contains one or more cells (intersection of a row and a column) in a <table>.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<fingGrp>A group of individual fingers in a fingering indication.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<fb>Symbols added to a bass line that indicate harmony. Used to improvise a chordal accompaniment. Sometimes called Generalbass, thoroughbass, or basso continuo.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<plateNum>Designation assigned to a resource by a music publisher, usually printed at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.
<watermark>Contains a description of a watermark or similar device.
<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.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the item.
<explicit>Contains the explicit of a manuscript item; that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<rubric>Contains a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning or end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device.
<secFolio>Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the item.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than a bloc.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<postBox>Contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address.
<postCode>Contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a single geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as the name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<avFile>References an external digital audio or video file.
<accid>Records a temporary alteration to the pitch of a note.
<actor>Name of an actor appearing within a cast list.
<addrLine>Single line of a postal address.
<address>Contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual.
<ambNote>Highest or lowest pitch in a score, staff, or layer.
<ambitus>Range of a voice, instrument or piece.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
<artic>An indication of how to play a note or chord.
<barLine>Vertical line drawn through one or more staves that divides musical notation into metrical units.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<biblList>List of bibliographic references.
<biblScope>Defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.
<caesura>Break, pause, or interruption in the normal tempo of a composition. Typically indicated by "railroad tracks", i.e., two diagonal slashes.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<castGrp>Groups one or more individual castItem elements within a cast list.
<castItem>Contains a single entry within a cast list, describing either a single role or a list of non-speaking roles.
<castList>Contains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
<cb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin in a new column.
<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.
<clef>Indication of the exact location of a particular note on the staff and, therefore, the other notes as well.
<clefGrp>A set of simultaneously-occurring clefs.
<contributor>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for contributions to the intellectual content of a work, where the specialized elements for authors, editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply.
<creation>Non-bibliographic details of the creation of an intellectual entity, in narrative form, such as the date, place, and circumstances of its composition. More detailed information may be captured within the history element.
<creator>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for the creation of the intellectual content of a work, e.g., authors, composers, etc. (context based also lyricists and librettist).
<custos>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<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>.
<distributor>Person or agency, other than a publisher, from which access (including electronic access) to a bibliographic entity may be obtained.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or section.
<dot>Dot of augmentation or division.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial capacity.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta, etc.
<event>Contains a free-text event description.
<eventList>Contains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
<extent>Used to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages, records, bytes, physical components, etc.
<funder>Names of individuals, institutions, or organizations responsible for funding. Funders provide financial support for a project; they are distinct from sponsors, who provide intellectual support and authority.
<genre>Term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content.
<grpSym>A brace or bracket used to group two or more staves of a score or part.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<imprint>Information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
<keyAccid>Accidental in a key signature.
<keySig>Written key signature.
<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.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
<mdiv>Contains a subdivision of the body of a musical text.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<note>A single pitched event.
<num>Numeric information in any form.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<phrase>Indication of 1) a "unified melodic idea" or 2) performance technique.
<physLoc>Groups information about the current physical location of a bibliographic item, such as the repository in which it is located and its shelf mark(s), and its previous locations.
<pubPlace>Name of the place where a bibliographic item was published.
<publisher>Name of the organization responsible for the publication of a bibliographic item.
<recipient>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) receiving correspondence.
<relatedItem>Contains or references another bibliographic item which is related to the present one.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<resp>A phrase describing the nature of intellectual responsibility.
<respStmt>Names one or more individuals, groups, or in rare cases, mechanical processes, responsible for creation, realization, production, funding, or distribution of the intellectual or artistic content.
<rest>A non-sounding event found in the source being transcribed.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<sb>An empty formatting element that forces musical notation to begin on a new line.
<section>Segment of music data.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has appeared.
<space>A placeholder used to fill an incomplete measure, layer, etc. most often so that the combined duration of the events equals the number of beats in the measure.
<speaker>Contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment.
<sponsor>Names of sponsoring individuals, organizations or institutions. Sponsors give their intellectual authority to a project; they are to be distinguished from funders, who provide the funding but do not necessarily take intellectual responsibility.
<stack>An inline table with a single column.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.
<staffGrp>A group of bracketed or braced staves.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<textLang>Identifies the languages and writing systems within the work described by a bibliographic description, not the language of the description.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<titlePart>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
<tabDurSym>A visual indication of the duration of a <tabGrp>.
<tabGrp>A group of simultaneous tab notes, comparable to a <chord> in CMN. Rarely, may also contain rests, as in some "German" lute tablatures.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<back>Contains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main body of a musical text.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<front>Bundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<li>Single item in a <list>.
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic distinction.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes made to the layout of the measures around it.
<curve>A curved line that cannot be represented by a more specific element, such as a slur.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
Constraints

@facs attribute should have content.
Each value in @facs should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a surface or zone element.

Declaration
<classSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="att.facsimile" module="MEI.facsimile" type="atts">
<desc xml:lang="en">Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.</desc>
<attList>
<attDef ident="facs" usage="opt">
<gloss xml:lang="en">facsimile</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.</desc>
<datatype minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<ref name="data.URI"/>
</datatype>
<constraintSpec ident="check_facsTarget" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="@facs">
<sch:assert role="warning" test="not(normalize-space(.) eq '')">@facs attribute should have content.</sch:assert>
<sch:assert role="warning" test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:*[local-name() eq 'surface' or local-name() eq 'zone']/@xml:id">Each value in @facs should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a surface or zone element.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
</attDef>
</attList>
</classSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+cmn(#6d754fa)