altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
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.
cutout(optional)"Cut-out" style.
Allowed values are:
"cutout" (The staff lines should not be drawn.)
dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the
written duration.
Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
dur(optional)When a duration cannot be represented as a single power-of-two value, multiple
space-separated values that add up to the total duration may be used.
One or more values from data.DURATION, separated by spaces.
dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration.
Value conforms to data.DURATION.gestural.
dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g. MIDI clicks or MusicXML
divisions.
Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g. '1.732'.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum *recip value.
Value of datatype
a string matching the following regular expression: "\d+(\.)*"
.
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.
fermata(optional)Indicates the attachment of a fermata to this element. If visual information about
the
fermata needs to be recorded, then a fermata element should be
employed instead.
Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.basic.
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.
instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID
of
an instrDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
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.
layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
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.
staff(recommended)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event
applies. Mandatory when applicable.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, 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.
tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time.
Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
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.
when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must
be
the ID of a when element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
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.
y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
(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.cmn) Logical domain attributes in the CMN repertoire.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that permit total duration to be represented by multiple values.
dur(optional)When a duration cannot be represented as a single power-of-two value, multiple
space-separated values that add up to the total duration may be used.
One or more values from data.DURATION, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that apply to all written events, e.g., note, chord, rest,
etc.
(MEI.performance) Temporal alignment attributes.
when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must
be
the ID of a when element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that identify the layer to which a feature applies.
layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
(MEI.shared) Attributes for identifying the staff associated with the current feature.
staff(recommended)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event
applies. Mandatory when applicable.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
(MEI.gestural) Attributes that record a performed (as opposed to notated) time stamp.
tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time.
Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record a time stamp in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional
beat part].
tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
(MEI.usersymbols) Attributes supplying pointers to user-defined symbols.
altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.cmn) Attributes that indicate how to render the staff lines of the measure containing
an element belonging to this attribute class.
cutout(optional)"Cut-out" style.
Allowed values are:
"cutout" (The staff lines should not be drawn.)
(MEI.shared) Output coordinate attributes. Some elements may have their exact rendered
*output* coordinates recorded. x and y attributes indicate where to place the rendered
output. Recording the coordinates of a feature in a facsimile requires the use of
the facs attribute.
x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.gestural) Attributes that record performed duration that differs from a feature's
written duration.
dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration.
Value conforms to data.DURATION.gestural.
dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the
written duration.
Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g. MIDI clicks or MusicXML
divisions.
Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g. '1.732'.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum *recip value.
Value of datatype
a string matching the following regular expression: "\d+(\.)*"
.
(MEI.midi) Attributes which identify a MIDI instrument.
instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID
of
an instrDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes in the CMN repertoire. Use the n attribute
to explicitly encode this measure's position in a string of measures containing only
elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes indicating the attachment of a fermata to the feature.
fermata(optional)Indicates the attachment of a fermata to this element. If visual information about
the
fermata needs to be recorded, then a fermata element should be
employed instead.
Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.basic.
Common Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.
cutout(optional)"Cut-out" style.
Allowed values are:
"cutout" (The staff lines should not be drawn.)
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.
Gestural component declarations.
dots.ges(optional)Number of dots required for a gestural duration when different from that of the
written duration.
Value conforms to data.AUGMENTDOT.
dur.ges(optional)Records performed duration information that differs from the written duration.
Value conforms to data.DURATION.gestural.
dur.metrical(optional)Duration as a count of units provided in the time signature denominator.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.ppq(optional)Duration recorded as pulses-per-quarter note, e.g. MIDI clicks or MusicXML
divisions.
Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
dur.real(optional)Duration in seconds, e.g. '1.732'.
Value of datatype
a decimal number matching the pattern "\d+(\.\d+)?"
.
dur.recip(optional)Duration as an optionally dotted Humdrum *recip value.
Value of datatype
a string matching the following regular expression: "\d+(\.)*"
.
tstamp.ges(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
tstamp.real(optional)Records the onset time in terms of ISO time.
Value conforms to data.ISOTIME.
MIDI component declarations.
instr(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a MIDI instrument definition. It must contain the ID
of
an instrDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
Performance component declarations.
when(optional)Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its value must
be
the ID of a when element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
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.
dur(optional)When a duration cannot be represented as a single power-of-two value, multiple
space-separated values that add up to the total duration may be used.
One or more values from data.DURATION, separated by spaces.
fermata(optional)Indicates the attachment of a fermata to this element. If visual information about
the
fermata needs to be recorded, then a fermata element should be
employed instead.
Value conforms to data.STAFFREL.basic.
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.
layer(optional)Identifies the layer to which a feature applies.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, separated by spaces.
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.
staff(recommended)Signifies the staff on which a notated event occurs or to which a control event
applies. Mandatory when applicable.
One or more values of datatype positiveInteger, 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.
tstamp(optional)Encodes the onset time in terms of musical time, i.e., beats[.fractional beat part],
as expressed in the written time signature.
Value conforms to data.BEAT.
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.
x(optional)Encodes an x coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
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.
y(optional)Encodes a y coordinate for a feature in an output coordinate system. When it is
necessary to record the placement of a feature in a facsimile image, use the facs
attribute.
Value of datatype decimal.
User-defined symbols component declarations.
altsym(optional)Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain a reference to
an
ID of a symbolDef element elsewhere in the document.
Value conforms to data.URI.
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.
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.
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.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.