mei:encodingDesc 

(encoding description) – Documents the relationship between an electronic
file and the source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the
encoding/editing process.

Element Information

Model

mei:appInfo{0,1} , mei:editorialDecl{0,1} , mei:projectDesc{0,1} , mei:samplingDecl{0,1}
Children: mei:appInfo, mei:editorialDecl, mei:projectDesc, mei:samplingDecl

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.
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="encodingDesc">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>(encoding description) – Documents the relationship between an electronic file and the source or sources from which it was derived as well as applications used in the encoding/editing process.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:appInfo"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:editorialDecl"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:projectDesc"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:samplingDecl"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample