Contact: MEI DTD (current)
The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) DTD is an XML DTD for the representation and exchange of music information. It is designed to be comprehensive, that is, it provides ways to encode data from all the separate domains, i.e. logical, visual, gestural (performance), and analytical, commonly associated with music. In addition, the DTD accommodates bibliographic description that is required for archival uses. It also addresses relationships between elements, cooperative creation and editing of music markup, navigation within the music structure as well as to external multimedia entities, the inclusion of custom symbols, etc. Unlike other music representation schemes, MEI can record the scholarly textual apparatus frequently found in modern editions of music.
The DTD is distributed under the following license:
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Perry Roland and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.
Licensed under the Educational Community License version 1.0.
This Original Work, including software, source p, documents, or other related items, is being provided by the copyright holder(s) subject to the terms of the Educational Community License. By obtaining, using and/or copying this Original Work, you agree that you have read, understand, and will comply with the following terms and conditions of the Educational Community License:
Permission to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and sublicense this Original Work and its documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose, and without fee or royalty to the copyright holder(s) is hereby granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies of the Original Work or portions thereof, including modifications or derivatives, that you make:
The full text of the Educational Community License in a location viewable to users of the redistributed or derivative work.
Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers, notices, or terms and conditions.
Notice of any changes or modifications to the Original Work, including the date the changes were made.
Any modifications of the Original Work must be distributed in such a manner as to avoid any confusion with the Original Work of the copyright holders.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
The name and trademarks of copyright holder(s) may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the Original or Derivative Works without specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in the Original Work and any associated documentation will at all times remain with the copyright holders.
The latest version of the DTD is 1.7b, dated 2006/09/01.
You may need to right click on the link and save the target file(s).
The complete DTD in a single file:
Individual MEI DTD components:
- mei17b.dtd - DTD 'driver' file which includes the other modules
- meiBase.dtd - Declares the 'core' elements
- meiHead.dtd - Declares elements used in the metadata header
- meiMeas.dtd - Declares the measure element and its contents
- meiMIDI.dtd - Declares MEI MIDI events
- meiShared.dtd - Declares elements common to more than one component
- meiText.dtd - Declares elements used in the text portions, e.g. header, front, and back, of MEI
- meiChars.ent - Contains text character entity declarations
- meiClass.ent - Contains declarations of shared attributes and content models
- meiGIs.ent - Contains name declarations for all the elements in the MEI DTD
- meiKey.ent - Contains data type and attribute value list declarations
- meiNotats.ent - Contains XML notation declarations