[MEI-L] Mei.measure. at complete; The Myth of Easy Time Signature Checking

[Byrd, Donald A.]

I can't comment directly on the question, since I know nothing about 
Mei.measure, and that's not likely to change for a long time: I've had 
almost no time to spend on MEI for the last six months (and I expect 
the same for the next six months). But I've thought a lot about the 
general problem of looking for consistency between the actual durations 
of measures and what the time signature says the duration should be. 
Attached is a draft of a paper on the subject. It's in very rough 
shape, and I have no more time for it than for MEI; but I think it 
might be helpful anyway. (But please don't forward it outside of the 
MEI group.)

--Don


On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:43:32 -0500, "Roland, Perry (pdr4h)" 
<pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:

> Julian,
>
> You know, I had a lot of trouble coming to a conclusion on this issue
> myself when planning the schema.  I went with 3 values, but hearing
> your difficulties now, I'm not sure that was the best choice.
>
> I now think, as you do, that a boolean value is most useful for
> @complete on <measure>.  That would solve the immediate problem.
> Would it also be useful to store one of the 3 current values on
> <staff> and <layer>?  If so, then it would be better to move
> @complete with its current values to these elements and create an
> attribute with a different name on <measure>.
>
> Even if @complete isn't moved, it might be good to take the
> opportunity to rename @complete to make its name more descriptive of
> its purpose; that is, to state whether the measure "adds up" or not,
> but I don't have a better name than "status", maybe "cmnstatus".
> Surely, someone on the list can come up with a less tortured name. :)
>
> --
> p.
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--
Donald Byrd
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics & Music
Indiana University, Bloomington
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