<titlePart>

Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
analog, auth, auth.uri, class, codedval, copyof, corresp, facs, follows, label, n, next, nonfiling, precedes, prev, resp, sameas, synch, translit, type, xml:base, xml:id, xml:lang
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.
auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content. Value of datatype string.
auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute. 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.
codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the auth or auth.uri attributes. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, 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 numeric designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence of similar elements. Its value must be a non-negative integer. Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
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.
nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name. Value of datatype positiveInteger.
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)Characterizes this title component in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "alternative" (Alternate title by which the item is also known.), "arrangement" (Arranged statement for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield o.), "carrier" (Medium of the carrier. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield h.), "date" (Publication/creation date(s) of work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield f.), "desc" (Descriptive paraphrase of the work.), "form" (Form subheading. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield k.), "key" (Key for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield r.), "language" (Language of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield l (el).), "main" (Main title.), "name" (Name of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield p.), "number" (Standard number designation of a work or of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield n.), "perfmedium" (Performance medium. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield m.), "subordinate" (Subtitle.), "translated" (Translated form of title.), "version" (Version. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield s.)
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.
type(optional)Characterizes this title component in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "alternative" (Alternate title by which the item is also known.), "arrangement" (Arranged statement for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield o.), "carrier" (Medium of the carrier. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield h.), "date" (Publication/creation date(s) of work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield f.), "desc" (Descriptive paraphrase of the work.), "form" (Form subheading. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield k.), "key" (Key for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield r.), "language" (Language of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield l (el).), "main" (Main title.), "name" (Name of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield p.), "number" (Standard number designation of a work or of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield n.), "perfmedium" (Performance medium. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield m.), "subordinate" (Subtitle.), "translated" (Translated form of title.), "version" (Version. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield s.)
(MEI.shared) Attributes that describe the source of a controlled value.
auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content. Value of datatype string.
auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute. Value conforms to data.URI.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that can be used to associate a representation such as a name or title with canonical information about the object being named or referenced.
codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the auth or auth.uri attributes. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces.
(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) Bibliographic 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.
(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) Attributes that deal with string filing characteristics.
nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name. Value of datatype positiveInteger.
(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) 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.
(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 an integer number designation for an element.
n(optional)Provides a numeric designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence of similar elements. Its value must be a non-negative integer. Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
(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.
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.
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.
auth(optional)A name or label associated with a controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source for this element or its content. Value of datatype string.
auth.uri(optional)A web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary or other authoritative source of identification or definition for this element or its content. This attribute may contain a complete URI or a partial URI which is completed by the value of the codedval attribute. 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.
codedval(optional)A value that represents or identifies other data. Often, it is a primary key in the database or a unique value in the coded list identified by the auth or auth.uri attributes. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, 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 numeric designation that indicates an element's position in a sequence of similar elements. Its value must be a non-negative integer. Value of datatype nonNegativeInteger.
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.
nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituting an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name. Value of datatype positiveInteger.
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)Characterizes this title component in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels. Allowed values are: "alternative" (Alternate title by which the item is also known.), "arrangement" (Arranged statement for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield o.), "carrier" (Medium of the carrier. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield h.), "date" (Publication/creation date(s) of work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield f.), "desc" (Descriptive paraphrase of the work.), "form" (Form subheading. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield k.), "key" (Key for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield r.), "language" (Language of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield l (el).), "main" (Main title.), "name" (Name of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield p.), "number" (Standard number designation of a work or of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield n.), "perfmedium" (Performance medium. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield m.), "subordinate" (Subtitle.), "translated" (Translated form of title.), "version" (Version. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield s.)
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.
Member of
model.titlePagePartGroups elements that may appear as part of a title page transcription.
Contained by
titleTitle of a bibliographic entity.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a title page transcription.
titlePageContains a transcription of the title page of a text.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
titleTitle of a bibliographic entity.
titlePageContains a transcription of the title page of a text.
May Contain
textual content
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements for editorial interventions that may be useful both in transcribing and in authoring processes.
choiceGroups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text.
subst(substitution) – Groups transcriptional elements when the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements used for editorial transcription of pre-existing source materials.
add(addition) – Marks an addition to the 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.
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.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that denote the name of a bibliographic item.
titleTitle of a bibliographic entity.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear as part of a bibliographic title.
symbolA reference to a previously defined symbol.
(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.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 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.
num(number) – Numeric information in any form.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that contain names.
nameProper noun or noun phrase.
(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) Groups page beginning-like elements.
pb(page beginning) – An empty formatting element that forces text to begin on a new page.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that mark typographical features.
rend(render) – A formatting element indicating special visual rendering, e.g., bold or italicized, of a text word or phrase.
stack(stacked text) – An inline table with a single column.
textual content
Editorial and transcriptional component declarations.
add(addition) – Marks an addition to the text.
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.
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.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
symbolA reference to a previously defined symbol.
titleTitle of a bibliographic entity.
Remarks

This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standard.

Declaration
<elementSpec ident="titlePart" module="MEI.shared">
<desc>Contains a subsection or division of the title of a bibliographic entity.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.authorized"/>
<memberOf key="att.basic"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.classed"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.filing"/>
<memberOf key="att.labelled"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.linking"/>
<memberOf key="att.nInteger"/>
<memberOf key="att.responsibility"/>
<memberOf key="model.titlePagePart"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="macro.titlePart" />
<rng:ref name="model.editLike" />
<rng:ref name="model.titleLike" />
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike" />
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<attList org="group">
<attDef ident="type" usage="opt">
<desc>Characterizes this title component in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.</desc>
<datatype maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1">
<rng:data type="NMTOKENS"/>
</datatype>
<valList type="semi">
<valItem ident="alternative">
<desc>Alternate title by which the item is also known.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="arrangement">
<desc>Arranged statement for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield o.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="carrier">
<desc>Medium of the carrier. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield h.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="date">
<desc>Publication/creation date(s) of work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield f.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="desc">
<desc>Descriptive paraphrase of the work.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="form">
<desc>Form subheading. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield k.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="key">
<desc>Key for music. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield r.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="language">
<desc>Language of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield l (el).</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="main">
<desc>Main title.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="name">
<desc>Name of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield p.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="number">
<desc>Standard number designation of a work or of a part or section of a work. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield n.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="perfmedium">
<desc>Performance medium. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield m.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="subordinate">
<desc>Subtitle.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="translated">
<desc>Translated form of title.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="version">
<desc>Version. Analogous to MARC 240 subfield s.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks>
<p part="N">This element is modelled on an element in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standard.</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>