mei:altId 

(alternative identifier) – May contain a bibliographic identifier that does
not fit within the meiHead element's id attribute, for example because the identifier does
not fit the definition of an XML id or because multiple identifiers are
needed.

Element Information

Model

(mei:lb) | mei:rend | mei:stack
Children: mei:lb, mei:rend, mei:stack

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
analog xs:string optional 
Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding
system to which this MEI element is comparable.
label xs:string optional 
Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any
string.
n optional 
Provides a number-like designation for an element.
subtype xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Provide any sub-classification for the element, additional to that given
by its type attribute.
type xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology.
xml:base mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative
URI references into absolute URI references.
xml:id xs: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.

Used By

Element mei:meiHead

Source 

<xs:element name="altId">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>(alternative identifier) – May contain a bibliographic identifier that does not fit within the meiHead element's id attribute, for example because the identifier does not fit the definition of an XML id or because multiple identifiers are needed.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
    <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <xs:group ref="mei:mei_model.lbLike"/>
      <xs:group ref="mei:mei_model.rendLike"/>
    </xs:choice>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.typed.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample