mei:custos 

Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of
the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".

Element Information

Model

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
altsym mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Provides a way of pointing to a user-defined symbol. It must contain an ID
of a <symbolDef> element elsewhere in the document.
color mei:mei_data.COLOR optional 
Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical
term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
copyof mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Points to an element of which the current element is a
copy.
corresp restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic
fashion.
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.
fontfam mei:mei_data.FONTFAMILY optional 
Contains the name of a font-family.
fontname mei:mei_data.FONTNAME optional 
Holds the name of a font.
fontsize mei:mei_data.FONTSIZE optional 
Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd
of an inch, relative terms, e.g., "small", "larger", etc., or percentage values relative
to "normal" size, e.g., "125%".
fontstyle mei:mei_data.FONTSTYLE optional 
Records the style of a font, i.e, italic, oblique, or
normal.
fontweight mei:mei_data.FONTWEIGHT optional 
Used to indicate bold type.
glyphname xs:string optional 
Glyph name.
glyphnum restriction of xs:string optional 
Numeric glyph reference in hexadecimal notation, e.g. "#xE000" or
"U+E000". N.B. SMuFL version 1.18 uses the range U+E000 - U+ECBF.
label xs:string optional 
Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any
string.
loc mei:mei_data.STAFFLOC optional 
Holds the staff location of the feature.
n optional 
Provides a number-like designation for an element.
next restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined
collection.
oct mei:mei_data.OCTAVE optional 
Captures written octave information.
pname mei:mei_data.PITCHNAME optional 
Contains a written pitch name.
prev restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined
collection.
sameas restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a
literal copy of the current element.
source restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which
attest to a given reading. Each value should correspond to the ID of a <source>
element located in the document header.
synch restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Points to elements that are synchronous with the current
element.
target mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Encodes the target note when its pitch differs from the pitch at which the
custos appears.
when mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Indicates the point of occurrence of this feature along a time line. Its
value must be the ID of a when element elsewhere in the document.
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:sb
Element Group mei:mei_model.eventLike

Source 

<xs:element name="custos">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Symbol placed at the end of a line of music to indicate the first note of the next line. Sometimes called a "direct".</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.facsimile.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.source.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.custos.log.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.custos.vis.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.custos.anl.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample