The <rootfile> element

Parent element: <rootfiles>

The rootfile element describes each top-level file in the MusicXML container. A MusicXML file used as a rootfile may have score-partwise, score-timewise, or opus as its document element.

The required full-path attribute provides the path relative to the root folder of the zip file. The optional media-type attribute identifies the media type of different top-level root files. It is an error to have a non-MusicXML media-type value in the first rootfile in a rootfiles element. If no media-type value is present, a MusicXML file is assumed.