class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
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.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it's attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value of datatype string.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text's transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
Value of datatype NMTOKEN.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
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.
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.
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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
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.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
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.
(MEI.shared)
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it's attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value of datatype string.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect
of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text's transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part
of an image.
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.
(MEI.shared) Language attributes common to text elements.
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.
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
Value of datatype NMTOKEN.
Facsimile component declarations.
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.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity
bearing this attribute.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
Value conforms to data.URI.
corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
predecessors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it's attached,
a
"tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document
content.
Value of datatype string.
n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence
of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
Value conforms to data.WORD.
next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be
successors of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text's transcription,
editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in
the
document header.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal
copy
of the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces.
translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used.
Value of datatype NMTOKEN.
type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
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.
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.
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.
corr(correction) – Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.
del(deletion) – Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated
as
superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
gapIndicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part
of
sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
handShiftMarks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe,
writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
orig(original) – Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
reg(regularization) – Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some
sense.
restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial
or
authorial marking or instruction.
sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
p(paragraph) – One or more text phrases that form a logical prose passage.
(MEI.text) Groups elements that have a line-grouping function.
lg(line group) – May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of
lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g. a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
castListContains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
eventListContains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
listA formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
(MEI.text) Groups elements used to directly contain quotations.
quote(quoted material) – Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or
phrases.
(MEI.shared) Groups page beginning-like elements.
pb(page beginning) – An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
page.
(MEI.shared) Groups textual elements that occur at the level of individual words or
phrases. This class is equivalent to the model.textPhraseLike class without the pb
element.
dedicateeEntity to whom a creative work is formally offered.
dimensionsInformation about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
extentUsed to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages,
records, bytes, physical components, etc.
seg(arbitrary segment) represents any segmentation of text below the "text component"
level.
(MEI.figtable) Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such
as an illustration or figure.
fig(figure) – Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as
an
illustration or figure.
(MEI.msDesc) Groups elements that may appear inline when the msdesc module is active.
catchwordsDescribes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item,
typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
fingerprintContains a string that uniquely identifies an item, such as those constructed by combining
groups of characters transcribed from specified pages of a printed item or a file's
checksum.
heraldryContains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of
arms,
etc.
locusDefines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly
discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
locusGrp(locus group) – Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous
item
within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
secFolio(second folio) – Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically
the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the
item.
signaturesProvides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
stampContains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness,
validity, etc.
watermarkContains a description of a watermark or similar device.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements used as part of a physical address.
postBox(postal box or post office box) contains a number or other identifier for some postal
delivery point other than a street address.
postCode(postal code) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address
to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
streetfull street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which form part of a geographic name.
blocContains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
countryContains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
districtContains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
geogFeat(geographical feature name) – Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
regionContains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
settlementContains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements that serve as stylistic labels.
periodName(period name) – A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd
Style
period'.
styleName(style name) – A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such
as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
(MEI.ptrref) Groups elements used for purposes of location and reference.
ptr(pointer) – Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes
to
describe the destination.
ref(reference) – Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text
and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements used to represent a postal address.
addressContains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an
individual.
(MEI.shared) Groups annotation-like elements.
annot(annotation) – Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for
an
assertion.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing a bibliographic description.
bibl(bibliographic reference) – Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in
which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
biblStruct(structured bibliographic citation) – Contains a bibliographic citation in which
bibliographic sub-elements must appear in a specified order.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements containing date expressions.
dateA string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements which describe a measurement forming part of the physical
dimensions of an object.
depthDescription of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
dim(dimension) – Any single dimensional specification.
heightDescription of the vertical size of an object.
widthDescription of the horizontal size of an object.
(MEI.shared) Groups editorial intervention elements.
abbr(abbreviation) – A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an
acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.
expan(expansion) – Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
(MEI.shared) Groups identifier-like elements.
identifierAn alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that function like line beginnings.
lb(line beginning) – An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
line.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent a measurement.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a number or a quantity.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups elements which contain names of individuals or corporate bodies.
corpName(corporate name) – Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
persName(personal name) – Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups place name elements.
(MEI.namesdates) Groups geographic name elements.
geogName(geographic name) – The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote a corporate entity that holds a bibliographic
item.
repositoryInstitution, agency, or individual which holds a bibliographic item.
(MEI.shared) Collects elements that express a relationship.
relationDescribes a relationship or linkage amongst entities.
(MEI.text) Groups elements related to highlighting which can appear at the phrase-level.
q(quoted) – Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level
text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use quote for block-level
quotations.
textual content
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
abbr(abbreviation) – A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an
acronym
or 2) a shorthand notation.
choiceGroups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
corr(correction) – Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
damageContains an area of damage to the physical medium.
del(deletion) – Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated
as
superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
expan(expansion) – Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
gapIndicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part
of
sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
handShiftMarks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe,
writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
orig(original) – Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than
being normalized or corrected.
reg(regularization) – Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some
sense.
restoreIndicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial
or
authorial marking or instruction.
sicContains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
subst(substitution) – Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded
as
a single intervention in the text.
suppliedContains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
unclearContains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible
or
inaudible in the source.
Figures and tables component declarations.
fig(figure) – Groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as
an
illustration or figure.
fingerprintContains a string that uniquely identifies an item, such as those constructed by combining
groups of characters transcribed from specified pages of a printed item or a file's
checksum.
watermarkContains a description of a watermark or similar device.
Manuscript description component declarations.
catchwordsDescribes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up an item,
typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
heraldryContains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of
arms,
etc.
locusDefines a location within a manuscript or manuscript component, usually as a (possibly
discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
locusGrp(locus group) – Groups locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous
item
within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation.
secFolio(second folio) – Marks the word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically
the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for the
item.
signaturesProvides a description of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
stampContains a word or phrase describing an official mark indicating ownership, genuineness,
validity, etc.
Names and dates component declarations.
blocContains the name of a geopolitical unit consisting of two or more nation states or
countries.
corpName(corporate name) – Identifies an organization or group of people that acts as a single
entity.
countryContains the name of a geopolitical unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or
commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than
a
bloc.
districtContains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward,
or
other administrative or geographic unit.
geogFeat(geographical feature name) – Contains a common noun identifying a geographical
feature.
geogName(geographic name) – The proper noun designation for a place, natural feature, or political
jurisdiction.
periodName(period name) – A label that describes a period of time, such as 'Baroque' or '3rd
Style
period'.
persName(personal name) – Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's
forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
postBox(postal box or post office box) contains a number or other identifier for some postal
delivery point other than a street address.
postCode(postal code) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address
to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
regionContains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county,
larger
than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
settlementContains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a
single
geopolitical or administrative unit.
streetfull street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as
the
name of the street or route on which it is located.
styleName(style name) – A label for a characteristic style of writing or performance, such
as
'bebop' or 'rock-n-roll'.
Pointer and reference component declarations.
ptr(pointer) – Defines a traversible pointer to another location, using only attributes
to
describe the destination.
ref(reference) – Defines a traversible reference to another location. May contain text
and
sub-elements that describe the destination.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
addressContains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an
individual.
annot(annotation) – Provides a statement explaining the text or indicating the basis for
an
assertion.
bibl(bibliographic reference) – Provides a loosely-structured bibliographic citation in
which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly marked.
biblStruct(structured bibliographic citation) – Contains a bibliographic citation in which
bibliographic sub-elements must appear in a specified order.
castListContains a single cast list or dramatis personae.
dateA string identifying a point in time or the time period between two such points.
dedicateeEntity to whom a creative work is formally offered.
depthDescription of a measurement taken through a three-dimensional object.
dim(dimension) – Any single dimensional specification.
dimensionsInformation about the physical size of an entity; usually includes numerical data.
eventListContains historical information given as a sequence of significant past events.
extentUsed to express size in terms other than physical dimensions, such as number of pages,
records, bytes, physical components, etc.
heightDescription of the vertical size of an object.
identifierAn alpha-numeric string that establishes the identity of the described material.
lb(line beginning) – An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new
line.
lg(line group) – May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of
lines;
however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit, e.g. a
stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
widthDescription of the horizontal size of an object.
Text component declarations.
listA formatting element that contains a series of items separated from one another and
arranged in a linear, often vertical, sequence.
q(quoted) – Contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding phrase-level
text
using quotation marks or a similar method. Use quote for block-level
quotations.
quote(quoted material) – Contains a paragraph-like block of text attributed to an external
source, normally set off from the surrounding text by spacing or other typographic
distinction.
seg(arbitrary segment) represents any segmentation of text below the "text component"
level.
Remarks
This element is modelled on elements in the Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Text
Encoding Initiative (TEI), and HTML standards.