discuss attributes for <scoreDef> that should go into MEI Basic

kepper commented 5 years ago

Some preliminary decisions have been taken to build a straw man for MEI Basic, based on the discussions in Oxford in late 2018. However, there are plenty of attributes that are still allowed in MEI Basic, and others might be missing. Here's a list of available attributes:

@aboveorder
@bar.len
@bar.method
@bar.place
@beam.color
@beam.rend
@beam.slope
@beloworder
@betweenorder
@clef.color
@clef.dis
@clef.dis.place
@clef.line
@clef.shape
@clef.visible
@dur.default
@dynam.dist
@ending.rend
@grid.show
@harm.dist
@key.sig
@keysig.show
@keysig.showchange
@lyric.align
@lyric.fam
@lyric.name
@lyric.size
@lyric.style
@lyric.weight
@meter.count
@meter.form
@meter.showchange
@meter.unit
@midi.bpm
@midi.channel
@midi.duty
@midi.mspb
@midi.port
@midi.track
@mm
@mm.dots
@mm.unit
@mnum.visible
@multi.number
@music.name
@music.size
@num.default
@numbase.default
@oct.default
@ontheline
@optimize
@page.botmar
@page.height
@page.leftmar
@page.panels
@page.rightmar
@page.scale
@page.topmar
@page.width
@pedal.style
@ppq
@reh.enclose
@spacing.packexp
@spacing.packfact
@spacing.staff
@spacing.system
@system.leftline
@system.leftmar
@system.rightmar
@system.topmar
@text.dist
@text.fam
@text.name
@text.size
@text.style
@text.weight
@trans.diat
@trans.semi
@tune.Hz
@tune.pname
@tune.temper
@vu.height
@xml:id

Of course, some of these 83 attributes can be grouped (i.e., do we want the MIDI stuff, do we want the page layout stuff, etc.), but it might be helpful to look at the full list. Eventually, it comes down to the question if we want to understand MEI Basic as a simplified form of MEI, which may accept less precision, or if we "just" want to take out the editorial / ambiguous stuff. Any opinions are highly welcome ;-)

kepper commented 5 years ago

I didn't want to be the first to comment, but here I go. I would recommend to restrict MEI Basic as much as possible. This means removing the MIDI module, all page / system layout, the tuning, lyrics and music font info, everything that has a ".default" in it, everything about beams, etc. I'm not so sure about the @mm (metronome marking) and the @optimize (compress system by omitting resting staves on a page).

bwbohl commented 5 years ago

I completely agree. I'd keep @mm, though but remove @optimize

musicEnfanthen commented 1 year ago

@lpugin @kepper This can be closed now?

musicEnfanthen commented 1 year ago

pinging @lpugin and @kepper. Can this issue be closed?

lpugin commented 1 year ago

Yes, it can be closed in my opinion.

musicEnfanthen commented 1 year ago

Thank you!

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