<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.
7.2.8.2.2 Geographic Names
Attributes
@class, @copyof, @corresp, @facs, @follows, @label, @n, @next, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @sameas, @synch, @translit, @type, @xml:base, @xml:id, @xml:lang
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@corresp
@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.
<street>att.facsimile@facs
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@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.
<street>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
<street>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@next
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@prev
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.responsibility@resp
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
<street>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
<street>att.lang@translit
@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.
<street>att.commonatt.typed@type
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
<street>att.commonatt.basic@xml:base
@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.
<street>att.commonatt.basicatt.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 is a language.
<street>att.lang@xml:lang
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
(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 that specify element-to-element relationships.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(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 which can be used to classify features.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.
@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.
(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 is a language.
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
@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.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy. Value conforms to data.URI.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@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.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters. Value conforms to data.WORD.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value is a NMTOKEN.
@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:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI.
@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 is a language.
Member of
model.addressPartGroups elements used as part of a physical address.
Contained By
<abbr>, <accMat>, <accessRestrict>, <acquisition>, <actor>, <add>, <addDesc>, <addName>, <addrLine>, <address>, <anchoredText>, <annot>, <attacca>, <audience>, <bibl>, <biblScope>, <bindingDesc>, <bloc>, <bracketSpan>, <byline>, <caption>, <captureMode>, <carrierForm>, <catchwords>, <collation>, <colophon>, <condition>, <contentItem>, <context>, <contributor>, <corpName>, <corr>, <country>, <cpMark>, <creation>, <damage>, <date>, <decoDesc>, <decoNote>, <dedication>, <del>, <depth>, <desc>, <dim>, <dimensions>, <dir>, <distributor>, <district>, <dynam>, <edition>, <epigraph>, <exhibHist>, <expan>, <explicit>, <extent>, <f>, <famName>, <figDesc>, <fileChar>, <fing>, <foliation>, <foreName>, <funder>, <genName>, <genre>, <geogFeat>, <geogName>, <gliss>, <hand>, <harm>, <head>, <height>, <heraldry>, <identifier>, <imprimatur>, <imprint>, <inscription>, <l>, <label>, <labelAbbr>, <language>, <layout>, <layoutDesc>, <lem>, <li>, <line>, <metaMark>, <name>, <nameLink>, <num>, <octave>, <orig>, <ornam>, <otherChar>, <p>, <perfDuration>, <perfRes>, <periodName>, <persName>, <pgFoot>, <pgHead>, <physMedium>, <plateNum>, <playingSpeed>, <price>, <provenance>, <pubPlace>, <publisher>, <q>, <quote>, <rdg>, <recipient>, <ref>, <reg>, <region>, <rend>, <repeatMark>, <repository>, <resp>, <restore>, <role>, <roleDesc>, <roleName>, <rubric>, <scoreFormat>, <scriptDesc>, <scriptNote>, <seal>, <sealDesc>, <secFolio>, <seg>, <settlement>, <sic>, <signatures>, <soundChan>, <speaker>, <specRepro>, <sponsor>, <stack>, <stageDir>, <stamp>, <street>, <styleName>, <supplied>, <supportDesc>, <syl>, <sysReq>, <td>, <tempo>, <term>, <textLang>, <th>, <title>, <titlePart>, <trackConfig>, <treatHist>, <treatSched>, <typeDesc>, <typeNote>, <unclear>, <useRestrict>, <width>
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements used as part of a physical address.
<address>Contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual.
(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.
<acquisition>Records information concerning the process by which an item was acquired by the holding institution.
<actor>Name of an actor appearing within a cast list.
<anchoredText>Container for text that is fixed to a particular page location, regardless of changes made to the layout of the measures around it.
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without pause.
<biblScope>Defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.
<bindingDesc>Describes the present and former bindings of an item.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<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.
<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.
<decoDesc>Contains a description of the decoration of an item.
<decoNote>Contains a description of one or more decorative features of an item.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<dim>Any single dimensional specification.
<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.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<edition>A word or text phrase that indicates a difference in either content or form between the item being described and a related item previously issued by the same publisher/distributor (e.g., 2nd edition, version 2.0, etc.), or simultaneously issued by either the same publisher/distributor or another publisher/distributor (e.g., large print edition, British edition, etc.).
<exhibHist>A record of public exhibitions, including dates, venues, etc.
<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.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<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.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<hand>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<height>Description of the vertical size of an object.
<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.
<language>Description of a language used in the document.
<layoutDesc>Collects layout descriptions.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
<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.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<ornam>An element indicating an ornament that is not a mordent, turn, or trill.
<perfRes>Name of an instrument on which a performer plays, a performer's voice range, or a standard performing ensemble designation.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<price>The cost of access to a bibliographic item.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<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.
<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.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<scriptDesc>Contains a description of the letters or characters used in an autographic item.
<seal>A single seal or similar attachment.
<sealDesc>Describes the seals or similar external attachments applied to an item.
<soundChan>Reflects the number of apparent sound channels in the playback of a recording (monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, etc.).
<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.
<stageDir>Contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment.
<supportDesc>Groups elements describing the physical support material of an item.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<term>Keyword or phrase which describes a resource.
<textLang>Identifies the languages and writing systems within the work described by a bibliographic description, not the language of the description.
<treatHist>A record of the treatment the item has undergone (e.g., de-acidification, restoration, etc.).
<treatSched>Scheduled treatment, e.g., de-acidification, restoration, etc., for an item.
<typeDesc>Contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of a printed source.
<width>Description of the horizontal size of an object.
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that may appear as part of a textual variant.
(MEI.critapp) Groups elements that may appear as part of a textual or musical variant.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements that may appear as part of editorial and transcription elements in prose.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements that may appear as part of editorial and transcription elements.
<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.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<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.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<addrLine>Single line of a postal address.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<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.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<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.
<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.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<li>Single item in a <list>.
<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.
<num>Numeric information in any form.
<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.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level quotations.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and sub-elements that describe the destination.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<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.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<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'.
<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.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which may appear as part of the paragraph content model. A paragraph may contain inline elements and all other block-level elements except itself.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<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.
(MEI.shared) Provides a choice between structured and unstructured/mixed content.
<accMat>Holds a description of any additional material bound with an item, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments.
<accessRestrict>Describes the conditions that affect the accessibility of material.
<addDesc>Provides a description of significant additions found within an item, such as marginalia or other annotations.
<audience>Defines the class of user for which the work is intended, as defined by age group (e.g., children, young adults, adults, etc.), educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, etc.), or other categorization.
<captureMode>The means used to record notation, sound, or images in the production of a source/manifestation (e.g., analogue, acoustic, electric, digital, optical etc.).
<carrierForm>The specific class of material to which the physical carrier of the source/manifestation belongs (e.g., sound cassette, videodisc, microfilm cartridge, transparency, etc.). The carrier for a manifestation comprising multiple physical components may include more than one form (e.g., a filmstrip with an accompanying booklet, a separate sound disc carrying the sound track for a film, etc.).
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<collation>Records a description of how the leaves or bifolia of an item are physically arranged.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the item.
<condition>The physical condition of an item, particularly any variances between the physical make-up of the item and that of other copies of the same item (e.g., missing pages or plates, brittleness, faded images, etc.).
<context>The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the work was originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy in England, the aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the expression was realized.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<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.
<fileChar>Standards or schemes used to encode the file (e.g., ASCII, SGML, etc.), physical characteristics of the file (e.g., recording density, parity, blocking, etc.), and other characteristics that have a bearing on how the file can be processed.
<foliation>Describes the numbering system or systems used to count the folios, leaves, or pages in a manuscript or printed item.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<inscription>An inscription added to an item, such as a bookplate, a note designating the item as a gift, and/or the author’s signature.
<layout>Describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques.
<otherChar>Any characteristic that serves to differentiate a work or expression from another.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<physMedium>Records the physical materials used in the source, such as ink and paper.
<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.
<playingSpeed>Playing speed for a sound recording is the speed at which the carrier must be operated to produce the sound intended (e.g., 33 1/3 rpm, 19 cm/s, 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.
<scoreFormat>Describes the type of score used to represent a musical composition (e.g., short score, full score, condensed score, close score, etc.).
<scriptNote>Describes a particular script distinguished within the description of an autographic item.
<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.
<signatures>Provides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
<specRepro>The equalization system, noise reduction system, etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
<sysReq>System requirements for using the electronic item.
<trackConfig>Number of physical/input tracks on a sound medium (e.g., eight track, twelve track).
<typeNote>Describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature of a printed resource.
<useRestrict>Container for information about the conditions that affect use of a bibliographic item after access has been granted.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic title.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
<titlePart>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
<attacca>An instruction to begin the next section or movement of a composition without pause.
<bracketSpan>Marks a sequence of notational events grouped by a bracket.
<gliss>A continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another, usually indicated by a straight or wavy line.
<octave>An indication that a passage should be performed one or more octaves above or below its written pitch.
<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.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<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.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<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.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<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.
<figDesc>Contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it.
<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.
<fing>An individual finger in a fingering indication.
<f>Single element of a figured bass indication.
<harm>An indication of harmony, e.g., chord names, tablature grids, harmonic analysis, figured bass.
<accessRestrict>Describes the conditions that affect the accessibility of material.
<acquisition>Records information concerning the process by which an item was acquired by the holding institution.
<audience>Defines the class of user for which the work is intended, as defined by age group (e.g., children, young adults, adults, etc.), educational level (e.g., primary, secondary, etc.), or other categorization.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page.
<captureMode>The means used to record notation, sound, or images in the production of a source/manifestation (e.g., analogue, acoustic, electric, digital, optical etc.).
<carrierForm>The specific class of material to which the physical carrier of the source/manifestation belongs (e.g., sound cassette, videodisc, microfilm cartridge, transparency, etc.). The carrier for a manifestation comprising multiple physical components may include more than one form (e.g., a filmstrip with an accompanying booklet, a separate sound disc carrying the sound track for a film, etc.).
<condition>The physical condition of an item, particularly any variances between the physical make-up of the item and that of other copies of the same item (e.g., missing pages or plates, brittleness, faded images, etc.).
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<context>The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the work was originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy in England, the aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the expression was realized.
<dedication>Contains a dedicatory statement.
<exhibHist>A record of public exhibitions, including dates, venues, etc.
<fileChar>Standards or schemes used to encode the file (e.g., ASCII, SGML, etc.), physical characteristics of the file (e.g., recording density, parity, blocking, etc.), and other characteristics that have a bearing on how the file can be processed.
<hand>Defines a distinct scribe or handwriting style.
<inscription>An inscription added to an item, such as a bookplate, a note designating the item as a gift, and/or the author’s signature.
<language>Description of a language used in the document.
<otherChar>Any characteristic that serves to differentiate a work or expression from another.
<perfDuration>Used to express the duration of performance of printed or manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
<perfRes>Name of an instrument on which a performer plays, a performer's voice range, or a standard performing ensemble designation.
<physMedium>Records the physical materials used in the source, such as ink and paper.
<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.
<playingSpeed>Playing speed for a sound recording is the speed at which the carrier must be operated to produce the sound intended (e.g., 33 1/3 rpm, 19 cm/s, etc.).
<price>The cost of access to a bibliographic item.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<scoreFormat>Describes the type of score used to represent a musical composition (e.g., short score, full score, condensed score, close score, etc.).
<soundChan>Reflects the number of apparent sound channels in the playback of a recording (monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, etc.).
<specRepro>The equalization system, noise reduction system, etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
<sysReq>System requirements for using the electronic item.
<trackConfig>Number of physical/input tracks on a sound medium (e.g., eight track, twelve track).
<treatHist>A record of the treatment the item has undergone (e.g., de-acidification, restoration, etc.).
<treatSched>Scheduled treatment, e.g., de-acidification, restoration, etc., for an item.
<useRestrict>Container for information about the conditions that affect use of a bibliographic item after access has been granted.
<accMat>Holds a description of any additional material bound with an item, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments.
<addDesc>Provides a description of significant additions found within an item, such as marginalia or other annotations.
<bindingDesc>Describes the present and former bindings of an item.
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<collation>Records a description of how the leaves or bifolia of an item are physically arranged.
<colophon>Contains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the item.
<decoDesc>Contains a description of the decoration of an item.
<decoNote>Contains a description of one or more decorative features of an 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.
<foliation>Describes the numbering system or systems used to count the folios, leaves, or pages in a manuscript or printed item.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<layout>Describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques.
<layoutDesc>Collects layout descriptions.
<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.
<scriptDesc>Contains a description of the letters or characters used in an autographic item.
<scriptNote>Describes a particular script distinguished within the description of an autographic item.
<seal>A single seal or similar attachment.
<sealDesc>Describes the seals or similar external attachments applied to an item.
<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.
<signatures>Provides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
<supportDesc>Groups elements describing the physical support material of an item.
<typeDesc>Contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of a printed source.
<typeNote>Describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature of a printed resource.
<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.
<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'.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and sub-elements that describe the destination.
<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.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<biblScope>Defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<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.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<desc>Container for text that briefly describes the feature to which it is attached, including its intended usage, purpose, or application as appropriate.
<dim>Any single dimensional specification.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<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.
<dynam>Indication of the volume of a note, phrase, or section of music.
<edition>A word or text phrase that indicates a difference in either content or form between the item being described and a related item previously issued by the same publisher/distributor (e.g., 2nd edition, version 2.0, etc.), or simultaneously issued by either the same publisher/distributor or another publisher/distributor (e.g., large print edition, British edition, etc.).
<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.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the heading of a list.
<height>Description of the vertical size of an object.
<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.
<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.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<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.
<pgFoot>A running footer.
<pgHead>A running header.
<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.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<resp>A phrase describing the nature of intellectual responsibility.
<role>Name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list.
<roleDesc>Describes a character’s role in a drama.
<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.
<syl>Individual lyric syllable.
<tempo>Text and symbols descriptive of tempo, mood, or style, e.g., "allarg.", "a tempo", "cantabile", "Moderato", "♩=60", "Moderato ♩ =60").
<term>Keyword or phrase which describes a resource.
<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.
<titlePart>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
<width>Description of the horizontal size of an object.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<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>.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level quotations.
<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.
<line>A visual line that cannot be represented by a more specific; i.e., semantic, element.
May Contain
textual content
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements for editorial interventions that may be useful both in transcribing and in authoring processes.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements used for editorial transcription of pre-existing source materials.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<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.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<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.
(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.
(MEI.msDesc) Groups elements that may appear inline when the msdesc module is active.
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<locus>Defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
<locusGrp>Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
<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.
<signatures>Provides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements used as part of a physical address.
<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.
<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.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which form part of a geographic name.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries.
<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.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical feature.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a single geopolitical or administrative unit.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which contain names of individuals or corporate bodies.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements that serve as stylistic labels.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style period'.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups place name elements.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups geographic name elements.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a corporate entity that holds a bibliographic item.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which describe a measurement forming part of the physical dimensions of an object.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<dim>Any single dimensional specification.
<height>Description of the vertical size of an object.
<width>Description of the horizontal size of an object.
(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.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single entity.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements that serve as stylistic labels.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style period'.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups place name elements.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups geographic name elements.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a corporate entity that holds a bibliographic item.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
(MEI.shared) Collects elements that express a relationship.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<relationList>Gathers relation elements.
(MEI.shared) Groups basic textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<extent>Used to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages, records, bytes, physical components, etc.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<term>Keyword or phrase which describes a resource.
(MEI.figtable) Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
<fig>Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements used to represent a postal address.
<address>Contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual.
(MEI.shared) Groups annotation-like elements.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing a bibliographic description.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<biblStruct>Contains a bibliographic citation in which bibliographic sub-elements must appear in a specified order.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing date expressions.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
(MEI.shared) Groups editorial intervention elements.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
(MEI.shared) Groups identifier-like elements.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a measurement.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a number or a quantity.
<num>Numeric information in any form.
(MEI.shared) Groups rudimentary textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or phrases.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
(MEI.ptrref) Groups elements used for purposes of location and reference.
<ptr>Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes to describe the destination.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and sub-elements that describe the destination.
(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 mark typographical features.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<stack>An inline table with a single column.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote the name of a bibliographic item.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
(MEI.text) Groups elements related to highlighting which can appear at the phrase-level.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level quotations.
textual content
<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.
<choice>Groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<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.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<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.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<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.
<subst>Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
<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.
<catchwords>Describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
<heraldry>Contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
<locus>Defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
<locusGrp>Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
<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.
<signatures>Provides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness, validity, etc.
<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.
<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.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style period'.
<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.
<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.
<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'.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as 'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<ptr>Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes to describe the destination.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and sub-elements that describe the destination.
<address>Contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an assertion.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<biblStruct>Contains a bibliographic citation in which bibliographic sub-elements must appear in a specified order.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<depth>Description of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
<dim>Any single dimensional specification.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<extent>Used to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages, records, bytes, physical components, etc.
<height>Description of the vertical size of an object.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<lb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new line.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<name>Proper noun or noun phrase.
<num>Numeric information in any form.
<pb>An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
<relation>Describes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
<relationList>Gathers relation elements.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<repository>Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
<stack>An inline table with a single column.
<symbol>A reference to a previously defined symbol.
<term>Keyword or phrase which describes a resource.
<title>Title of a bibliographic entity.
<width>Description of the horizontal size of an object.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level quotations.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
Remarks

The model of this element is based on the street element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="street" module="MEI.namesdates">
<desc xml:lang="en">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.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="model.addressPart"/>
</classes>
<content>
<zeroOrMore>
<choice>
<rng:text/>
<ref name="model.textPhraseLike"/>
<ref name="model.editLike"/>
<ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</choice>
</zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-street.html">street</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+cmn(#6d754fa)