mei:contents 

Description of the material contained within a resource.

Element Information

Model

mei:mei_model.headLike* , (mei:mei_model.pLike{0,1} | (mei:mei_model.labelLike{0,1} , mei:contentItem))
Children: mei:contentItem, mei:mei_model.headLike, mei:mei_model.labelLike, mei:mei_model.pLike

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.
target restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Allows the use of one or more previously-undeclared URIs to identify
passive participants in a relationship; that is, the entities pointed
"to".
targettype xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Characterization of target resource(s) using any convenient classification
scheme or typology.
xlink:actuate restriction of xs:token optional 
Defines whether a link occurs automatically or must be requested by the
user.
xlink:role mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Characterization of the relationship between resources. The value of the
role attribute must be a URI.
xlink:show restriction of xs:token optional 
Defines how a remote resource is rendered.
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

Elements mei:mei_model.expressionLike, mei:mei_model.manifestationLike, mei:mei_model.workLike, mei:seriesStmt

Source 

<xs:element name="contents">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Description of the material contained within a resource.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:mei_model.headLike"/>
      <xs:choice>
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:mei_model.pLike"/>
        <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:mei_model.labelLike"/>
          <xs:element ref="mei:contentItem"/>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.pointing.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample