mei:context 

The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within
which the work was originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy
in England, the aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical,
social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the expression was
realized.

Element Information

Model

(mei:address) | (mei:annot) | (mei:bibl) | (mei:date) | mei:abbr | mei:expan | (mei:identifier) | (mei:lb) | (mei:num) | mei:name | mei:corpName | mei:persName | (mei:repository) | (mei:geogName) | mei:rend | mei:stack | (mei:title) | (mei:fig) | mei:bloc | mei:country | mei:district | mei:geogFeat | mei:region | mei:settlement | mei:postBox | mei:postCode | mei:street | mei:periodName | mei:styleName | mei:ptr | mei:ref | mei:symbol
Children: mei:abbr, mei:address, mei:annot, mei:bibl, mei:bloc, mei:corpName, mei:country, mei:date, mei:district, mei:expan, mei:fig, mei:geogFeat, mei:geogName, mei:identifier, mei:lb, mei:name, mei:num, mei:periodName, mei:persName, mei:postBox, mei:postCode, mei:ptr, mei:ref, mei:region, mei:rend, mei:repository, mei:settlement, mei:stack, mei:street, mei:styleName, mei:symbol, mei:title

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.
authURI mei:mei_data.URI optional 
The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the
value is taken.
authority xs:string optional 
A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the
value is taken.
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.
translit xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Specifies the transliteration technique used.
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

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

Source 

<xs:element name="context">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>The historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the work was originally conceived (e.g., the 17th century restoration of the monarchy in England, the aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, etc.) or the historical, social, intellectual, artistic, or other context within which the expression was realized.</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.authorized.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.lang.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample