Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

MEI.shared

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

Member of

model.editTransPartGroups elements that may appear as part of editorial and transcription elements.

model.rdgPartGroups elements that may appear as part of a textual or musical variant.

Members

compact
by module

<syl>

MEI.shared

<syl>Individual lyric syllable.

Contained By

compact
by class
by module

model.sylLike(MEI.shared) Groups elements that contain a lyric syllable.

<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.

<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.

<note>A single pitched event.

<refrain>Recurring lyrics, especially at the end of each verse or stanza of a poem or song lyrics; a chorus.

<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.

<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.

model.rdgPart(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.

model.editTransPart(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.critapp

<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.

MEI.edittrans

<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.lyrics

<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.

MEI.shared

<chord>A simultaneous sounding of two or more notes in the same layer *with the same duration*.

<note>A single pitched event.

MEI.text

<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.

<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="model.sylLike" module="MEI.shared" type="model">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Groups elements that contain a lyric syllable.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.editTransPart"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.rdgPart"/>
                                       
                                       </classes>
                                    </classSpec>