availability

<availability>

Groups elements that describe the availability of and access to a bibliographic item, including an MEI-encoded document.

Module MEI.header

Attributes


@analog(optional)Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding system to which this MEI element is comparable. Value of datatype string. att.bibl
@data(optional)Used to link metadata elements to one or more data-containing elements. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.datapointing
@label(optional)Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any string. Value of datatype string. att.commonPart
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation for an element. Value conforms to token. att.common
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI. att.commonPart
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value of datatype ID. att.id

Member of

model.pubStmtPart

Contained by

MEI.frbritem

MEI.headerpubStmt

May contain

MEI.headeraccessRestrict price sysReq useRestrict

MEI.shareddistributor

Declaration


                  <classes>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.bibl"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.common"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.datapointing"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="model.pubStmtPart"/>
                     </classes>
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:ref
                           
                           name="macro.availabilityPart"
                           />
                     </content>

Remarks

When used within the fileDesc element, availability indicates access to the MEI-encoded document itself. This element is modelled on elements in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards.