<work>

Provides a detailed description of a work, specifically its history, language use, and high-level musical attributes: key, tempo, meter, medium of performance, and intended duration.
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
Contained by
MEI.frbrcomponentGrp
MEI.headerworkDesc
May contain
Declaration
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.datapointing"/>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="model.workLike"/>
</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="audience" />
</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="expressionList" />
</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 work.