(MEI.header) Groups elements that may appear as part of the physical description of
a bibliographic item.
physDesc(physical description) – Container for information about the appearance, construction,
or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
Metadata header component declarations.
physDesc(physical description) – Container for information about the appearance, construction,
or
handling of physical materials, such as their dimension, quantity, color, style, and
technique
of creation.
captureMode(capture mode) – The means used to record notation, sound, or images in the production
of
a source/manifestation (e.g., analogue, acoustic, electric, digital, optical etc.).
carrierForm(carrier form) – The specific class of material to which the physical carrier of the
source/manifestation belongs (e.g., sound cassette, videodisc, microfilm cartridge,
transparency, etc.). The carrier for a manifestation comprising multiple physical
components
may include more than one form (e.g., a filmstrip with an accompanying booklet, a
separate
sound disc carrying the sound track for a film, etc.).
conditionThe physical condition of an item, particularly any variances between the physical
make-up
of the item and that of other copies of the same item (e.g., missing pages or plates,
brittleness, faded images, etc.).
exhibHist(exhibition history) – A record of public exhibitions, including dates, venues,
etc.
fileChar(file characteristics) – Standards or schemes used to encode the file (e.g., ASCII,
SGML,
etc.), physical characteristics of the file (e.g., recording density, parity, blocking,
etc.),
and other characteristics that have a bearing on how the file can be processed.
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.
foliaDescDescribes the order of folia and bifolia making up the text block of a manuscript
or
print.
inscriptionAn inscription added to an item, such as a bookplate, a note designating the item
as a
gift, and/or the author's signature.
perfDuration(performance duration) – Used to express the duration of performance of printed or
manuscript music or the playing time for a sound recording, videorecording, etc.
physMedium(physical medium) – Records the physical materials used in the source, such as ink
and
paper.
plateNum(plate number) – Designation assigned to a resource by a music publisher, usually
printed
at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.
playingSpeedPlaying speed for a sound recording is the speed at which the carrier must be operated
to
produce the sound intended (e.g., 33 1/3 rpm, 19 cm/s, etc.).
scoreFormatDescribes the type of score used to represent a musical composition (e.g., short score,
full score, condensed score, close score, etc.).
soundChan(sound channels) – Reflects the number of apparent sound channels in the playback
of a
recording (monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, etc.).
specRepro(special reproduction characteristic) – The equalization system, noise reduction system,
etc. used in making the recording (e.g., NAB, DBX, Dolby, etc.).
trackConfig(track configuration) – Number of physical/input tracks on a sound medium (e.g., eight
track, twelve track).
treatHist(treatment history) – A record of the treatment the item has undergone (e.g.,
de-acidification, restoration, etc.).
treatSched(treatment scheduled) – Scheduled treatment, e.g. de-acidification, restoration, etc.,
for
an item.
watermarkContains a description of a watermark or similar device.
Manuscript description component declarations.
accMatHolds a description of any additional material bound with an item, such as
non-contemporaneous documents or fragments.
addDesc(addition description) – Provides a description of significant additions found within
an
item, such as marginalia or other annotations.
bindingDesc(binding description) – Describes the present and former bindings of an item.
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.
colophonContains a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason
for production of the item.
decoDesc(decoration description) – Contains a description of the decoration of an item.
explicitContains the explicit of a manuscript item; that is, the closing words of the text
proper,
exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
heraldryContains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of
arms,
etc.
rubricContains a string of words through which a manuscript signals the beginning or end
of a
text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some
way set
off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type
of script,
or some other such visual device.
scriptDesc(script description) – Contains a description of the letters or characters used in
an
autographic item.
sealDesc(seal description) – Describes the seals or similar external attachments applied to
an
item.
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.
supportDesc(support description) – Groups elements describing the physical support material of
an
item.
typeDesc(type description) – Contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the
printing of a printed source.
Component declarations that are shared between two or more modules.
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.
titlePageContains a transcription of the title page of a text.