mei:fileDesc

(file description) – Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.

Element Information

Model

mei:titleStmt , mei:editionStmt{0,1} , mei:extent{0,1} , mei:pubStmt , mei:seriesStmt{0,1} , mei:notesStmt{0,1} , mei:sourceDesc{0,1}

Children: mei:editionStmt, mei:extent, mei:notesStmt, mei:pubStmt, mei:seriesStmt, mei:sourceDesc, mei:titleStmt

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.

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="fileDesc">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>(file description) – Contains a full bibliographic description of the MEI file.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element ref="mei:titleStmt"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:editionStmt"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:extent"/>
      <xs:element ref="mei:pubStmt"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:seriesStmt"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:notesStmt"/>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="mei:sourceDesc"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>