music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/encoding.md

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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The element

Parent element:

    <identification>

The element contains information about who did the digital encoding, when, with what software, and in what aspects.

Content

Zero or more of the following

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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