mei:event 

Contains a free-text event description.

Element Information

Model

mei:mei_model.headLike* , ((mei:address) | (mei:date) | mei:desc | mei:name | mei:corpName | mei:persName | (mei:geogName) | mei:castList | mei:eventList | mei:mei_model.pLike | mei:mei_model.tableLike | mei:list) , mei:biblList*
Children: mei:address, mei:biblList, mei:castList, mei:corpName, mei:date, mei:desc, mei:eventList, mei:geogName, mei:list, mei:mei_model.headLike, mei:mei_model.pLike, mei:mei_model.tableLike, mei:name, mei:persName

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.
calendar xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Indicates the calendar system to which a date belongs, for example,
Gregorian, Julian, Roman, Mosaic, Revolutionary, Islamic, etc.
cert mei:mei_data.CERTAINTY optional 
Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a
feature.
enddate mei:mei_data.ISODATE optional 
Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO
form.
evidence xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or
accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values include: 'internal',
'external', 'conjecture'.
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.
isodate mei:mei_data.ISODATE optional 
Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO
form.
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.
notafter mei:mei_data.ISODATE optional 
Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO
form.
notbefore mei:mei_data.ISODATE optional 
Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain
date.
resp restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text's creation,
transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers
declared in the document header.
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.
startdate mei:mei_data.ISODATE optional 
Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO
form.
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

Element mei:eventList

Source 

<xs:element name="event">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Contains a free-text event description.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:mei_model.headLike"/>
      <xs:choice>
        <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:group ref="mei:mei_model.eventPart"/>
          <xs:element ref="mei:castList"/>
          <xs:element ref="mei:eventList"/>
        </xs:choice>
        <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:element ref="mei:mei_model.pLike"/>
          <xs:element ref="mei:mei_model.tableLike"/>
          <xs:element ref="mei:list"/>
        </xs:choice>
      </xs:choice>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:biblList"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.calendared.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.datable.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.edit.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