expression

<expression>

Intellectual or artistic realization of a work.

Module MEI.frbr

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.expressionLike

Contained by

MEI.frbrcomponentGrp expressionList

May contain

MEI.frbrcomponentGrp relationList

MEI.headerclassification contents context extMeta history key langUsage mensuration meter notesStmt otherChar perfDuration perfMedium scoreFormat titleStmt

MEI.sharedbiblList creation extent identifier incip tempo

Declaration


                  <classes>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.datapointing"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.common"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.bibl"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="model.expressionLike"/>
                     </classes>
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="model.identifierLike"
                              />
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="titleStmt"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="model.workIdent"
                              />
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="otherChar"
                              />
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="creation"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="history"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="langUsage"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="perfMedium"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="perfDuration"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="extent"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="scoreFormat"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="contents"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="context"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="biblList"
                              />
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="notesStmt"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="classification"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="componentGrp"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:optional>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="relationList"
                              />
                        </rng:optional>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="extMeta"
                              />
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     </content>

Remarks

The perfDuration element captures the intended duration of the expression, while extent records scope of the expression in other terms, such as number of pages, measures, etc.