[MEI-L] Encoding staff lines

[Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h)]

Hi Daniel,

Having seen your examples, I agree with Andrew -- the best way to record the location of the system (without resorting to a page-based description like that used by Verovio) is to use @facs on <sb>.

--
p.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Hankinson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 1:27 PM
> To: Music Encoding Initiative <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
> Subject: Re: [MEI-L] Encoding staff lines
> 
> I think <sb @facs="#somezoneid" /> is probably the best way to do this; It's slightly
> counter-intuitive since <sb /> is a milestone element, but nevertheless it allows you to
> encode the physical dimensions of a system and attach a zone to it.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> > On 8 Aug 2017, at 13:20, Daniel Alles <DanielAlles at stud.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > you can find an example of my source attached to this email. As you can see, the 2nd,
> 3rd and 7th systems are not fully filled with notes, the 8th line is empty. What I would like
> to encode is that the systems are nevertheless of the same width like the 1st.
> >
> > I encode the positions of the notes etc. using <zone>, <facs> and
> <ulx>/<uly>/<lrx>/<lry>, and something similar I would like to have for the staff systems,
> too.
> >
> > Best, Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Zitat von Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca>:
> >
> >> Hi Daniel,
> >>
> >> How are you encoding the position of every note, rest, etc.?
> >>
> >> <sb /> allows @facs, which can reference a defined zone on a page. So:
> >>
> >> <zone xml:id="z1" ulx="nn" uly="nn" lrx="nn" lry="nn" />
> >>
> >> then
> >>
> >> <sb facs="#z1" />
> >>
> >> -Andrew
> >>> On 8 Aug 2017, at 11:28, Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h) <pdr4h at virginia.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Daniel,
> >>>
> >>> MEI doesn't currently encode the width of the staff lines, but it does allow one to
> specify the color of individual staff lines.  For staff lines that are logically but not visually
> present, you can set the color to white (presuming the background of the page is also
> white).  I'm not sure what you mean by "half-filled" staff lines.  Can you provide an
> example?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> p.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf
> >>>> Of Daniel Alles
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 2:26 AM
> >>>> To: Music Encoding Initiative <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
> >>>> Subject: [MEI-L] Encoding staff lines
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> during my encoding of a facsimile I recognized that I give the
> >>>> exact location of every note, rest, dot etc. on the page, but not
> >>>> those of the lines they are written on. Of course I use <sb/> and
> >>>> <pb/> to cover the line breaks, but the width of the staff lines is
> >>>> not encoded, because I can't find anything for that in the
> >>>> Guidelines. Is there any possibility to encode them? My source contains some half-
> filled or empty staff lines which I would like to encode too.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Daniel
> >>>>
> >>>>
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