Contains the name of an entity that is difficult to tag more specifically, for example, as a corpName, geogName, persName, or title. The name element may be used in place of the more specific elements when it is not known what kind of name is being described or when a high degree of precision is not necessary. For example, the name element might be used when it is not clear whether the name "Bach" refers to a person or a geographic feature. The name element may be used for an individual, such as 'Henry VIII, King of England'; a corporate body, such as 'The Beatles'; a geographical place; an expanse of time, such as 'The Romantic Era'; or a mechanical (often generative) process. When name parts are needed, name sub-elements are recommended. The recommended values for the type attribute are: person, corporation, location, period, and process. Dates associated with the name (not necessarily the same as those pertaining to the entity described by the name) may be recorded using startdate, enddate, notbefore, notafter, and isodate attributes. The name of the list from which a controlled value is taken, such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) or Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF), and its electronically-available location may be recorded using the auth and auth.uri attributes.
The model of this element is based on the name element of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
<elementSpec ident="name" module="MEI.shared">
<desc xml:lang="en">Proper noun or noun phrase.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.basic"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.classed"/>
<memberOf key="att.edit"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.labelled"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.linking"/>
<memberOf key="att.name"/>
<memberOf key="att.nNumberLike"/>
<memberOf key="att.responsibility"/>
<memberOf key="model.eventPart"/>
<memberOf key="model.nameLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="model.textPhraseLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.editLike"/>
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<constraintSpec ident="nameParts" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="mei:name">
<sch:assert role="warning" test="not(mei:geogName or mei:persName or mei:corpName)">Recommended practice is to use name elements to capture sub-parts of a generic
name.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
<attList>
<attDef ident="type" usage="opt">
<desc xml:lang="en">Characterizes the name in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or
typology that employs single-token labels.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="NMTOKENS"/>
</datatype>
<valList type="semi">
<valItem ident="person">
<desc xml:lang="en">A personal name.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="corporation">
<desc xml:lang="en">Name of a corporate body.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="location">
<desc xml:lang="en">Name of a location.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="process">
<desc xml:lang="en">Name of a process or software application.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="style">
<desc xml:lang="en">Name of a musical style;
<abbr>i.e.</abbr>, form, genre, technique, etc.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="time">
<desc xml:lang="en">Name of a period of time.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>Contains the name of an entity that is difficult to tag more specifically, for example,
as
a <gi scheme="MEI">corpName</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">geogName</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">persName</gi>, or <gi scheme="MEI">title</gi>. The <gi scheme="MEI">name</gi> element may
be used in place of the more specific elements when it is not known what kind of name
is
being described or when a high degree of precision is not necessary. For example,
the <gi scheme="MEI">name</gi> element might be used when it is not clear whether the name "Bach"
refers to a person or a geographic feature. The <gi scheme="MEI">name</gi> element may be
used for an individual, such as 'Henry VIII, King of England'; a corporate body, such
as
'The Beatles'; a geographical place; an expanse of time, such as 'The Romantic Era';
or a
mechanical (often generative) process. When name parts are needed, <gi scheme="MEI">name</gi> sub-elements are recommended. The recommended values for the <att>type</att>
attribute are: person, corporation, location, period, and process. Dates associated
with
<emph>the name</emph> (not necessarily the same as those pertaining to the <emph>entity
described by the name</emph>) may be recorded using <att>startdate</att>,
<att>enddate</att>, <att>notbefore</att>, <att>notafter</att>, and <att>isodate</att>
attributes. The name of the list from which a controlled value is taken, such as the
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) or Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF),
and
its electronically-available location may be recorded using the <att>auth</att> and
<att>auth.uri</att> attributes.</p>
</remarks>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://www.loc.gov/ead/EAD3taglib/EAD3-TL-eng.html#elem-name">name</ref> element of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>