Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

MEI.shared

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

Member of

model.eventLikeGroups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.

model.staffDefPartGroups elements that may appear in the declaration of staff features.

Members

compact
by module

MEI.cmnCommon Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.

<meterSig>Written meter signature.

<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

Contained By

compact
by class
by module

model.meterSigLike(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a meter signature.

<layerDef>Container for layer meta-information.

<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.

model.eventLike(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.

<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.

<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.

model.layerPart(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.

<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.

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

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

<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.

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

<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.

model.staffDefPart(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear in the declaration of staff features.

<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.

MEI.cmnCommon Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.

<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.

<meterSigGrp>Used to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.

MEI.critappCritical apparatus component declarations.

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

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

MEI.edittransEditorial and transcriptional component declarations.

<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.mensuralMensural repertoire component declarations.

<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

MEI.sharedComponent declarations that are shared between two or more modules.

<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.

<layerDef>Container for layer meta-information.

<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.

<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="model.meterSigLike" module="MEI.shared" type="model">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Groups elements that represent a meter signature.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.eventLike"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="model.staffDefPart"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    </classSpec>