[MEI-L] <syl> inside <choice>

Thu Mar 8 18:05:45 CET 2012

I just tried something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mei xmlns="http://www.music-encoding.org/ns/mei">
  <meiHead>
    <fileDesc>
      <titleStmt>
        <title/>
      </titleStmt>
      <pubStmt/>
    </fileDesc>
  </meiHead>
  <music>
    <body>
      <mdiv>
        <score>
          <section>
            <measure>
              <staff>
                <layer>
                  <note>
                    <choice>
                      <orig>
                        <syl>Ms.</syl>
                      </orig>
                      <reg>
                        <syl>Miss</syl>
                      </reg>
                    </choice>
                  </note>
                </layer>
              </staff>
            </measure>
          </section>
        </score>
      </mdiv>
    </body>
  </music>
</mei>

I let oXygen validate against the RNG that the web service gave me,
and it complains about <syl> in <orig> or <reg>.  Indeed, the
documentation says, <syl> is only allowed inside <lem>, <rdg>,
<verse>, <syllable> and <note>.  Why is this so?  Bug or feature?

Thomas