[MEI-L] Instrument labels

[Roland, Perry (pdr4h)]

Johannes,

Since <label> allows <abbr>, @type="abbr" isn't necessary.  For example, if the instrument name is abbreviated, use --

    <staffdef>
      <label>
        <abbr expan="Clarinet">Cl.</abbr>
      </label>
    </staffdef>

or, more P5-like

      <label>
        <choice>
          <abbr>Cl.</abbr>
          <expan>Clarinet</expan>
        </choice>
      </label>

As for repetition of a label on succeeding pages, I have been assuming so far that this would be handled upon output; that is, by the rendering engine.  However, that's open for discussion.

--
perry

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From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of Johannes Kepper [kepper at edirom.de]
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:48 PM
To: Music Encoding Initiative
Subject: [MEI-L] Instrument labels

Hi list,

the <staffdef>-element has @label.full and @label.abbr for encoding
full names and abbreviations as needed. In case you need formatting
for your instrument names or they are differently named in multiple
sources, there is a <label>-child element of <staffdef>, which allows
formatting etc. and has a @source-attribute. But in <label>, there is
currently no possibility to define whether you encode an abbreviated
or full name (using @n for this seems to be abusive…).

Do I miss something or are there arguments against adding something
like @type="abbr" and @type="full" for this?

Furthermore: What about an attribute whether to repeat the abbreviated
label on each successing page or not? How would one encode this?


Thanks and best regards,
Johannes
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