mei:title

Title of a bibliographic entity.

Element Information

Model

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.

authURI

mei:mei_data.URI

optional

The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the
value is taken.

authority

xs:string

optional

A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the
value is taken.

codedval

restriction of list of xs:NMTOKEN

optional

a value that represents or identifies the element content. May serve as a
primary key in a web-accessible database identified by the authURI
attribute.

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.

level

restriction of xs:token

optional

Indicates the bibliographic level for a title.

optional

Provides a number-like designation for an element.

nonfiling

xs:positiveInteger

optional

Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituing an
article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or
name.

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

union of(xs:NMTOKEN, restriction of xs:token, restriction of xs:token, restriction of xs:token, restriction of xs:token, restriction of xs:token, restriction of xs:token)

optional

Characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology. Suggested values include: 1] main; 2] subordinate; 3]
abbreviated; 4] alternative; 5] translated; 6] uniform

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 Groups

mei:mei_model.titleLike, mei:mei_model.titleLike_alternation, mei:mei_model.titleLike_sequence, mei:mei_model.titleLike_sequenceOptional, mei:mei_model.titleLike_sequenceOptionalRepeatable, mei:mei_model.titleLike_sequenceRepeatable

Source

<xs:element name="title">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>Title of a bibliographic entity.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
    <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <xs:group ref="mei:mei_model.textphraseLike"/>
      <xs:element ref="mei:mei_model.editLike"/>
      <xs:element ref="mei:mei_model.transcriptionLike"/>
    </xs:choice>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.authorized.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.canonical.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.facsimile.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.filing.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.lang.attributes"/>
    <xs:attribute name="level">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Indicates the bibliographic level for a title.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:simpleType>
        <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
          <xs:enumeration value="a">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation>Analyzed component, such as an article or chapter, within a larger bibliographic entity.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
          </xs:enumeration>
          <xs:enumeration value="m">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation>Monograph.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
          </xs:enumeration>
          <xs:enumeration value="j">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation>Journal.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
          </xs:enumeration>
          <xs:enumeration value="s">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation>Series.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
          </xs:enumeration>
          <xs:enumeration value="u">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation>Unpublished (including theses and dissertations unless published by a commercial press).</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
          </xs:enumeration>
        </xs:restriction>
      </xs:simpleType>
    </xs:attribute>
    <xs:attribute name="type">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. Suggested values include: 1] main; 2] subordinate; 3] abbreviated; 4] alternative; 5] translated; 6] uniform</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:simpleType>
        <xs:union memberTypes="xs:NMTOKEN">
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="main">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Main title.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="subordinate">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Subtitle or title of part.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="abbreviated">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Abbreviated form of title.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="alternative">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Alternate title by which the item is also known.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="translated">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Translated form of title.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
              <xs:enumeration value="uniform">
                <xs:annotation>
                  <xs:documentation>Collective title.</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
              </xs:enumeration>
            </xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
        </xs:union>
      </xs:simpleType>
    </xs:attribute>
    <xs:attribute name="subtype" type="xs:NMTOKEN">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Provide any sub-classification for the element, additional to that given by its type attribute.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample

< titleStmt xmlns = "http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" >

< title>

Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines:

< title type = "sub" >

Neumes Customization

</ title>

< respStmt>

< resp>

Authored by

</ resp>

< name xml:id = "PR" >

Perry Roland

</ name>

</ respStmt>

</ titleStmt>