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<p>Hi, Craig,</p>
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<p>I want clear up any confusion about MEI's <eventList> element. I don't think <eventList> is what you're thinking of as an "event list"; that is, a place to put timing information. <eventList> is for recording *historical events using prose*. <timeline>,
on the other hand, is for capturing processable time data. I believe that's where the kind of thing you're thinking of should go.
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<p> </p>
<p>Multiple <timeline> elements are allowed within <music> and/or within <scoreDef>. <timeline></p>
<p>"[p]rovides a set of ordered points in time to which musical elements can be linked in order to create a temporal alignment of those elements."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The timing data you provide in <a href="http://mazurka.org.uk/webern/dynamics/mvmt1/webern-op27-1-Aitken1961.dyn" target="_blank">
http://mazurka.org.uk/webern/dynamics/mvmt1/webern-op27-1-Aitken1961.dyn</a> can easily be mapped to --</p>
<p> </p>
<p><timeline></p>
<p> <when xml:id="event1" absolute="5.518"/></p>
<p> <when xml:id="event2" absolute="6.018"/></p>
<p> <!-- and so on --></p>
<p></timeline><br>
</p>
<p>while the dynamics can be recorded using <dynam> in the notation part of the tree. Unfortunately, at present there's no place to record your values on <dynam> ("73.7632", etc.), only integer values in the MIDI value range, i.e., 0-127. This can be remedied
in the short term by customizing the @val attribute.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Assuming customization of @val, a dynamic can be associated with a timepoint using @when --</p>
<p> </p>
<p><dynam when="#event1" val="73.7632"/></p>
<p><dynam when="#event2" val="69.4717"/></p>
<p><!-- und so weiter --></p>
<p> </p>
<p>At present, there's no way to link a <timeline> directly with a FRBR entity, such as <source> (manifestation). An indirect link is possible by associating a timeline (via its @avref attribute) with a digital recording, then associating that digital file
(represented by <avFile>) with a particular source description (via its @decls attribute). There's no requirement that @decls refer to any particular FRBR entity type (work, expression, manifestion, or item), making it theoretically possible to connect a
digital audio file to any FRBR entity; however, practically speaking, a digital audio file is probably best associated with a manifestation; that is, an MEI <source> element. It would be appropriate to describe the Delos DEL 25407 (1978) recording using <source>
as it is the base material from which your encoding of the dynamics and timing information are taken.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Performance" scores of the type you're describing can be encoded in MEI by leaving out the duration information at the event level and associating the event with timing information provided within <timeline> --</p>
<p> </p>
<p><chord when="#event1"></p>
<p> <note pname="f" oct="4"/></p>
<p> <note pname="e" oct="5"/></p>
<p></chord></p>
<p> </p>
<p>There's no defined way yet, however, to record both a "performance" score and a traditional one in the same MEI file.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>--</p>
<p>p.</p>
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