| (encoding description) – 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.
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         | Module | 
         MEI.header | 
      
      
         | Attributes | 
         
            
               
                  
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                        @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 
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                        @label(optional)Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any string.
                           Value of datatype  string.
                            att.commonPart 
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                        @n(optional)Provides a number-like designation for an element.
                           Value conforms to  token.
                            att.common 
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                        @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 
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                        @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 
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         | Member of | 
         
            
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         | Contained by | 
         
            
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         | May contain | 
         
            
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         | Declaration | 
         
            
                  
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        
                        </rng:optional> 
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        
                        </rng:optional> 
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        
                        </rng:optional> 
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        
                        </rng:optional> 
                     </content>  
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         | Remarks | 
         
             This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
               standard.
             
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