mei:handShift 

Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in
the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.

Element Information

Model

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
cert mei:mei_data.CERTAINTY optional 
Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a
feature.
character optional 
Describes the character of the new hand.
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.
label xs:string optional 
Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any
string.
medium xs:string optional 
Describes the writing medium.
n optional 
Provides a number-like designation for an element.
new mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Identifies the new hand. The value must contain the ID of a hand element
given elsewhere in the document.
old mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Identifies the old hand. The value must contain the ID of a hand element
given elsewhere in the document.
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.
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.

Source 

<xs:element name="handShift" substitutionGroup="mei:mei_model.transcriptionLike">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.edit.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.facsimile.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.medium.attributes"/>
    <xs:attribute name="character">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Describes the character of the new hand.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
    <xs:attribute name="new" type="mei:mei_data.URI">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Identifies the new hand. The value must contain the ID of a hand element given elsewhere in the document.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
    <xs:attribute name="old" type="mei:mei_data.URI">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Identifies the old hand. The value must contain the ID of a hand element given elsewhere in the document.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample