<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.
<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).
<editor>The name of the individual(s), institution(s) or organization(s) acting in an editorial
capacity.
<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.
<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.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that delineate particular responsibilities as opposed
to the respStmt element that provides for generic statements of responsibility.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or
poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title
page.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a
published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication
belongs.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that are used to indicate intellectual or other significant
responsibility, for example within a bibliographic citation.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic description.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a title page transcription.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<byline>Contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title
page.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication
belongs.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<analytic>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g., an article or
poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<monogr>Contains bibliographic elements describing an item, for example, a
published book or journal, score, recording, or an unpublished manuscript.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<desc xml:lang="en">Groups elements that delineate particular responsibilities as opposed to the respStmt
element that provides for generic statements of responsibility.</desc>