Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

compact
full definition
by class
by module

def, metcon

def(optional)Provides a mechanism for linking the staff to a staffDef element. Value conforms to data.URI.

metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a staff or layer and the prevailing meter. Allowed values are: "c" (Complete; , conformant with the prevailing meter.), "i" (Incomplete; , not enough beats.), "o" (Overfull; , too many beats.)

direct children

def(optional)Provides a mechanism for linking the staff to a staffDef element. Value conforms to data.URI.

att.meterConformance(MEI.shared) Attributes that provide information about a structure’s conformance to the prevailing meter.

metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a staff or layer and the prevailing meter. Allowed values are: "c" (Complete; , conformant with the prevailing meter.), "i" (Incomplete; , not enough beats.), "o" (Overfull; , too many beats.)

MEI.sharedComponent declarations that are shared between two or more modules.

def(optional)Provides a mechanism for linking the staff to a staffDef element. Value conforms to data.URI.

metcon(optional)Indicates the relationship between the content of a staff or layer and the prevailing meter. Allowed values are: "c" (Complete; , conformant with the prevailing meter.), "i" (Incomplete; , not enough beats.), "o" (Overfull; , too many beats.)

Available at

compact
by class
by module

oStaff, staff

att.staff.log

oStaffA staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original material.

staffA group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.

MEI.cmnCommon Music Notation (CMN) repertoire component declarations.

oStaffA staff that holds an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original material.

MEI.sharedComponent declarations that are shared between two or more modules.

staffA group of equidistant horizontal lines on which notes are placed in order to represent pitch or a grouping element for individual 'strands' of notes, rests, etc. that may or may not actually be rendered on staff lines; that is, both diastematic and non-diastematic signs.

Constraints

@def attribute should have content.

The value in @def should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a staffDef element.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec ident="att.staff.log" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Logical domain attributes.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.meterConformance"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    
                                    <attList>
                                       
                                       <attDef ident="def" usage="opt">
                                          
                                          <desc xml:lang="en">Provides a mechanism for linking the staff to a staffDef element.</desc>
                                          
                                          <datatype>
                                             
                                             <rng:ref name="data.URI"/>
                                             </datatype>
                                          
                                          <constraintSpec ident="check_defTarget_staff" scheme="schematron">
                                             
                                             <constraint>
                                                
                                                <sch:rule context="mei:staff/@def">
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="not(normalize-space(.) eq '')">@def attribute should
                                                      have content.</sch:assert>
                                                   
                                                   <sch:assert role="warning" test="every $i in tokenize(., '\s+') satisfies substring($i,2)=//mei:staffDef/@xml:id">The value in @def should correspond to the @xml:id attribute of a staffDef
                                                      element.</sch:assert>
                                                   </sch:rule>
                                                </constraint>
                                             </constraintSpec>
                                          </attDef>
                                       </attList>
                                    </classSpec>