group

<group>

Contains a composite musical text, grouping together a sequence of distinct musical texts (or groups of such musical texts) which are regarded as a unit for some purpose, for example, the collected works of a composer.

Module MEI.shared

Attributes


@decls(optional)Identifies one or more metadata elements within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.declaring
@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.musicPart

Contained by

MEI.sharedgroup music

May contain

MEI.sharedgroup music

Declaration


                  <classes>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.common"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="att.declaring"/>
                     
                     <memberOf
                           key="model.musicPart"/>
                     </classes>
                  <content>
                     
                     <rng:choice>
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="music"
                              />
                        
                        <rng:ref
                              
                              name="group"
                              />
                        </rng:choice>
                     
                     <rng:zeroOrMore>
                        
                        <rng:choice>
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="music"
                                 />
                           
                           <rng:ref
                                 
                                 name="group"
                                 />
                           </rng:choice>
                        </rng:zeroOrMore>
                     </content>

Remarks

Because its model contains the music element, each of the subordinate MEI documents can have its own front and back matter. This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standard.