mei:author

The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical,
literary work.

Element Information

Model

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.
facs restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional
Permits the current element to reference a facsimile surface or image zone
which corresponds to it.
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.
translit xs:NMTOKEN optional
Specifies the transliteration technique used.
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.
xml:lang xs:language optional
Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this
attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of
private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI
header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value.

Used By

Source

<xs:element name="author">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>The name of the creator of the intellectual content of a non-musical, literary work.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
    <xs:group minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:mei_model.textphraseLike.limited"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.facsimile.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.lang.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.typed.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample