<repository>

Institution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
Module MEI.shared
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
@authURI(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value is taken. Value conforms to data.URI. att.authorized
@authority(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value is taken. Value of datatype string. att.authorized
@codedval(optional)a value that represents or identifies the element content. May serve as a primary key in a web-accessible database identified by the authURI attribute. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces. att.canonical
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@facs(optional)Permits the current element to reference a facsimile surface or image zone which corresponds to it. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.facsimile
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@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
@nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituing an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name. Value of datatype positiveInteger. att.filing
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI. att.name
@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place. Use a standard value whenever possible. Value is plain text. att.name
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@subtype(optional)Provide any sub-classification for the element, additional to that given by its type attribute. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.typed
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.lang
@type(optional)Characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.typed
@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
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language. att.lang
Member of
Contained by
May contain
Declaration
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.name"/>
<memberOf key="att.typed"/>
<memberOf key="model.repositoryLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="model.textphraseLike.limited" />
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
Remarks

Sub-units of the holding institution may be marked with repository sub-elements. The name of the list from which a controlled value is taken may be recorded using the authority attribute.This element is modelled on an element in the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard.