<castList>Contains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
<classDecls>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<classification>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<componentList>Container for intellectual or physical component parts of a bibliographic entity.
<contents>List of the material contained within a resource.
<correction>States how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text.
<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.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or
section.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<editorialDecl>Used to provide details of editorial principles and practices
applied during the encoding of musical text.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the
source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the
encoding/editing process.
<langUsage>Groups elements describing the languages, sub-languages, dialects,
etc., represented within the encoded resource.
<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.
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
<manifestation>A bibliographic description of a physical embodiment of an expression of a work.
<manifestationList>A container for the descriptions of physical embodiments of an expression of a
work.
<normalization>Indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried
out
in converting it to electronic form.
<notesStmt>Collects any notes providing information about a text additional to
that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description.
<perfMedium>Indicates the number and character of the performing forces used in
a musical composition.
<perfResList>Several instrumental or vocal resources treated as a group.
<physDesc>Container for information about the appearance, construction, or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
<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.
<price>The cost of access to a bibliographic item.
<projectDesc>Project-level meta-data describing the aim or purpose for which
the electronic file was encoded, funding agencies, etc. together with any other relevant
information concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<pubStmt>Container for information regarding the publication or
distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher’s name and address,
the date of
publication, and other relevant details.
<respStmt>Transcription of text that 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.
<revisionDesc>Container for information about alterations that have been made
to an MEI file.
<samplingDecl>Contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in
sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection.
<segmentation>Describes the principles according to which the musical text has been segmented, for
example into movements, sections, etc.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication
belongs.
<source>A bibliographic description of a source used in the creation of the electronic
file.
<sourceDesc>A container for the descriptions of the source(s) used in the
creation of the electronic file.
<stdVals>Specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are
supplied.
<tagsDecl>Provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a
document.
<taxonomy>Defines a typology either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly
by a structured taxonomy.
<termList>Collection of text phrases which describe a resource.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<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.
<work>Provides a detailed description of a work — a distinct intellectual or artistic creation
—
specifically its history, language use, and high-level musical attributes (e.g., key, tempo,
meter, medium of performance, and intended duration).
<workList>Grouping mechanism for information describing non-bibliographic aspects of a
text.
(MEI.header) Groups elements that may appear as part of a description of the availability
of and access to a bibliographic item.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item,
including an MEI-encoded document.
(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 leaves or pages in a
codex.
<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.
FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) declarations.
<expression>Intellectual or artistic realization of a work.
<manifestation>A bibliographic description of a physical embodiment of an expression of a work.
<manifestationList>A container for the descriptions of physical embodiments of an expression of a
work.
Metadata header component declarations.
<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.
<appInfo>Groups information about applications which have acted upon
the MEI file.
<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.
<availability>Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item,
including an MEI-encoded document.
<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.).
<classDecls>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<classification>Groups information which describes the nature or topic of an entity.
<componentList>Container for intellectual or physical component parts of a bibliographic entity.
<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.).
<contents>List of the material contained within a resource.
<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.
<correction>States how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text.
<editionStmt>Container for meta-data pertaining to a particular edition of the
material being described.
<editorialDecl>Used to provide details of editorial principles and practices
applied during the encoding of musical text.
<encodingDesc>Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the
source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the
encoding/editing process.
<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.
<handList>Container for one or more hand elements.
<history>Provides a container for information about the history of a resource other than the
circumstances of its creation.
<incipText>Opening words of a musical composition.
<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.
<interpretation>Describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the transcription
of the music.
<langUsage>Groups elements describing the languages, sub-languages, dialects,
etc., represented within the encoded resource.
<normalization>Indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried
out
in converting it to electronic form.
<notesStmt>Collects any notes providing information about a text additional to
that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description.
<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.
<perfMedium>Indicates the number and character of the performing forces used in
a musical composition.
<perfResList>Several instrumental or vocal resources treated as a group.
<physDesc>Container for information about the appearance, construction, or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
<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.
<projectDesc>Project-level meta-data describing the aim or purpose for which
the electronic file was encoded, funding agencies, etc. together with any other relevant
information concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected.
<provenance>The record of ownership or custodianship of an item.
<pubStmt>Container for information regarding the publication or
distribution of a bibliographic item, including the publisher’s name and address,
the date of
publication, and other relevant details.
<revisionDesc>Container for information about alterations that have been made
to an MEI file.
<samplingDecl>Contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in
sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection.
<scoreFormat>Describes the type of score used to represent a musical composition (e.g., short score,
full score, condensed score, close score, etc.).
<segmentation>Describes the principles according to which the musical text has been segmented, for
example into movements, sections, etc.
<seriesStmt>Groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication
belongs.
<source>A bibliographic description of a source used in the creation of the electronic
file.
<sourceDesc>A container for the descriptions of the source(s) used in the
creation of the electronic file.
<specRepro>The equalization system, noise reduction system,
etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
<stdVals>Specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are
supplied.
<sysReq>System requirements for using the electronic item.
<tagsDecl>Provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a
document.
<taxonomy>Defines a typology either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly
by a structured taxonomy.
<termList>Collection of text phrases which describe a resource.
<titleStmt>Container for title and responsibility meta-data.
<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.
<work>Provides a detailed description of a work — a distinct intellectual or artistic creation
—
specifically its history, language use, and high-level musical attributes (e.g., key, tempo,
meter, medium of performance, and intended duration).
<workList>Grouping mechanism for information describing non-bibliographic aspects of a
text.
Manuscript description component declarations.
<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.
<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.
<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 leaves or pages in a
codex.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<stamp>Contains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness,
validity, etc.
<typeNote>Describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature of a
printed resource.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an
assertion.
<castList>Contains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
<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.
<dimensions>Information about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or
section.
<eventList>Contains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
<incip>The opening music and/or words of a musical or textual work.
<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.
<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.
<respStmt>Transcription of text that 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.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
Text component declarations.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<list>A formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.