<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.
<ending>Alternative ending for a repeated passage of music; i.e., prima volta, seconda volta,
etc.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type,
as
determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of
the original material.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
<part>An alternative visual rendition of the score from the point of view of a particular
performer (or group of performers).
<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.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent
pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may
or may not
actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic
signs.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element
provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
(MEI.shared) Groups milestone-style elements found in text.
<argument>Contains a formal list or prose description of topics addressed.
<back>Contains any appendixes, advertisements, indexes, etc. following the main
body of a musical text.
<div>Major structural division of text, such as a preface, chapter or
section.
<front>Bundles prefatory text found before the start of the musical text.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has
appeared.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
<titlePage>Contains a transcription of the title page of a text.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or
phrases.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or
alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<annot>Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for an
assertion.
<bibl>Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<caption>A label which accompanies an illustration or a table.
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<date>A string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<head>Contains any heading, for example, the title of a section of text, or the
heading of a list.
<identifier>An alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
<imprint>Information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
<l>Contains a single line of text within a line group.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<rend>A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or
italicized, of a text word or phrase.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that
contains column or row heading information.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as
opposed to one containing data.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which may appear as part of the paragraph content model.
A paragraph may contain inline elements and all other block-level elements except
itself.
<epigraph>Contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing on a title page.
<imprimatur>Contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required
to
appear on a title page or its verso.
<p>One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic title.
<titlePart>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
Common Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.
<measure>Unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note values of a given type,
as
determined by the prevailing meter, and delimited in musical notation by bar lines.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<oStaff>A staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of
the original material.
Critical apparatus component declarations.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
Dramatic text component declarations.
<sp>Contains an individual speech in a performance text.
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.
<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.
<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.
Figures and tables component declarations.
<td>Designates a table cell that contains data as opposed to a cell that
contains column or row heading information.
<th>Designates a table cell containing column or row heading information as
opposed to one containing data.
Metadata header component declarations.
<contentItem>Contains a single entry within a content description element.
Names and dates component declarations.
<addName>Contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or
alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name.
<bloc>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
<corpName>Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
<country>Contains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
<district>Contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
<famName>Contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or
nick name.
<foreName>Contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
<genName>Contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise
similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
<geogFeat>Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
<geogName>The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
<nameLink>Contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as
part of it, such as "van der" or "of", "from", etc.
<periodName>A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd Style
period'.
<persName>Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
<region>Contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
<roleName>Contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular
role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
<settlement>Contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
<street>full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
<styleName>A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
Neume repertoire component declarations.
<syllable>Neume notation can be thought of as "neumed text". Therefore, the syllable element
provides high-level organization in this repertoire.
Pointer and reference component declarations.
<ref>Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
<series>Contains information about the serial publication in which a bibliographic item has
appeared.
<staff>A group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent
pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may
or may not
actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic
signs.
<q>Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use <quote> for block-level
quotations.
<quote>Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
<seg>represents any segmentation of text below the "text component" level.