MusicXML 2.0 DTD Index
The MusicXML™ Document Type Definition (DTD) is divided into several files as listed here. The Partwise and Timewise files are the top-level DTDs for musical scores. The Opus file represents collections of works. The Container file is used with compressed MusicXML 2.0 files, and the container.dtd file contains information about the compressed file format. There is also a separate DTD for representing Standard MIDI Files in XML.
You can download all the MusicXML DTDs as a single zip file at:
Most browsers today do not display raw DTD files properly, so we have included HTML versions of each MusicXML DTD for ease of reference.
The MusicXML DTDs are distributed under the MusicXML Document Type Definition Public License 2.0.
For a description of recent changes, please see the MusicXML Version History. For a listing of all the features in the MusicXML 2.0 format, please see the MusicXML Alphabetical Index.
MusicXML 2.0 is also available in a W3C XML Schema Definition (XSD) as well as this Document Type Definition.
| Purpose | HTML | DTD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partwise file | partwise.html | partwise.dtd | ||
| Timewise file | timewise.html | timewise.dtd | ||
| Opus file | opus.html | opus.dtd | ||
| Container file | container.html | container.dtd | ||
| Standard MIDI file | midixml.html | midixml.dtd | ||
| Attributes elements | attributes.html | attributes.mod | ||
| Barline elements | barline.html | barline.mod | ||
| Common elements | common.html | common.mod | ||
| Direction elements | direction.html | direction.mod | ||
| Identity elements | identity.html | identity.mod | ||
| Layout elements | layout.html | layout.mod | ||
| Link elements | link.html | link.mod | ||
| Note elements | note.html | note.mod | ||
| Score elements | score.html | score.mod |
The MusicXML format is now at version 2.0. You may also download the older MusicXML 1.1 and MusicXML 1.0 versions.
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Last updated September 11, 2008.