Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.DURATION

att.duration.additive/@durWhen 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.

att.duration.default/@dur.defaultContains a default duration in those situations when the first note, rest, chord, etc. in a measure does not have a duration specified.

att.duration.log/@durRecords the duration of a feature using the relative durational values provided by the data.DURATION datatype.

att.mmTempo/@mm.unitCaptures the metronomic unit.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.DURATION" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Logical, that is, written, duration attribute values.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:choice>
                                          
                                          <rng:ref name="data.DURATION.cmn"/>
                                          
                                          <rng:ref name="data.DURATION.mensural"/>
                                          </rng:choice>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>