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

meterSig, meterSigGrp

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

meterSigWritten meter signature.

meterSigGrpUsed to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

Contained By

compact
by class
by module

abbr, add, beam, corr, damage, del, expan, graceGrp, layer, layerDef, lem, ligature, meterSigGrp, oLayer, orig, rdg, reg, restore, scoreDef, sic, staffDef, supplied, tuplet, unclear

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

layerDefContainer for layer meta-information.

meterSigGrpUsed to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

scoreDefContainer for score meta-information.

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

beamA container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

graceGrpA container for a sequence of grace notes.

ligatureA mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

tupletA 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.

abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

addMarks an addition to the text.

corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.

delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.

layerAn independent stream of events on a staff.

lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

oLayerA layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

origContains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.

rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.

regContains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.

restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.

suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.

unclearContains 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.

staffDefContainer for staff meta-information.

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

beamA container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.

graceGrpA container for a sequence of grace notes.

meterSigGrpUsed to capture alternating, interchanging, mixed or other non-standard meter signatures.

oLayerA layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.

tupletA 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.

lemContains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.

rdgContains a single reading within a textual variation.

MEI.edittransEditorial and transcriptional component declarations.

abbrA generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.

addMarks an addition to the text.

corrContains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.

damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.

delContains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.

expanContains the expansion of an abbreviation.

origContains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.

regContains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.

restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.

sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.

suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.

unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.

MEI.mensuralMensural repertoire component declarations.

ligatureA mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.

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

layerAn independent stream of events on a staff.

layerDefContainer for layer meta-information.

scoreDefContainer for score meta-information.

staffDefContainer 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>