Version 2.0

Released June 2007

New Files

• Added container.dtd file for compressed MusicXML 2.0 files. Compressed MusicXML files are around 20 times smaller than uncompressed files, and can contain images, audio files, and other multimedia content.
• Added to11.xsl file for transforming a MusicXML 2.0 file to a MusicXML 1.1 file.

New Elements

• Added <image> and <credit-image> elements for including graphics in scores.
• Added <appearance> element for general score graphical settings, including <line-width>, <note-size>, and <other-appearance> child elements.
• Added <container>, <rootfiles>, and <rootfile> elements in new container.dtd file.
• Added <volume>, <pan>, and <elevation> elements for better mixer support.
• Added <solo> and <ensemble> elements for better specification of playback sounds.
• Added <metronome-note> and <metronome-relation> elements for swing and other metrical markings, including <metronome-type>, <metronome-dot>, <metronome-beam>, and <metronome-tuplet> child elements.
• Added <measure-numbering> element for better specification of how measure numbers are displayed in each part.
• Added <inverted-turn> ornament element.
• Added <stress> and <unstress> articulation elements.
• Added <part-name-display>, <part-abbreviation-display>, <group-name-display>, <group-abbreviation-display>, <display-text>, and <accidental-text> elements to allow full formatting of part and group names and abbreviations.
• Added <key-octave> element for more accurate display of unusual key signatures.
• Added <part-symbol> element for formatting control of the symbol that groups multi-staff parts.
• Added <slash-type> and <slash-dot> elements for more complete specification of <beat-repeat> and <slash> notation.
• Added <accordion-registration> elements for accordion registration symbols, including <accordion-high>, <accordion-middle>, and <accordion-low> elements.
• Added <group-time> element for time signatures that stretch vertically across multiple staves or parts.
• Added <relation> element for metadata, similar to the same element in Dublin Core.

New Attributes and Entities

• Added page attribute to the <credit> element.
• Added source and type attributes to the <image> and <credit-image> elements.
• Added blank-page attribute to the <print> element.
• Added text-x and text-y attributes to the <ending> element for positioning ending text.
• Added line-height and letter-spacing attributes and entities for text leading and spacing.
• Added line-through, underline, and overline attributes and text-decoration and number-of-lines entities for text decoration.
• Added rotation attribute and text-rotation entity for text rotation.
• Added dir attribute and text-direction entity for text direction.
• Added directive attribute and entity for horizontal alignment with start of time signature.
• Added plus-minus attribute to <degree-alter> element.
• Added attribute and value attributes to the <supports> element.
• Added sound attribute to <offset> element.
• Added new-page attribute to the <score> element in opus documents.
• Added element and position attributes to the <bookmark> and <link> elements for finer resolution.
• Added additional attribute to the <clef> element for cue and simultaneous clefs.
• Added text attribute to <root-step>, <bass-step>, <degree-value>, <degree-type>, and <first-fret> elements.
• Added location attribute to the <cancel> and <first-fret> elements.
• Added left-right entity for location attributes.
• Added yes-no-number, start-stop-single, and valign-image data type entities.
• Added text-formatting entity to bring various text formatting attributes and entities together.
• Added coda, divisions, and segno attributes to <barline> element for playback.
• Added document-attributes entity for use with top-level document elements.

Additions to Elements

• Added formatting elements to many descendant elements of the <harmony> element.
• Added text content to the <pluck>, <elision>, and <fermata> elements.
• Added placement attribute to the <dot> element.
• Added type attribute to the <tremolo> element.
• Added print-object attribute to the <other-notation>, <other-direction>, <harmonic>, <key>, and <clef> elements.
• Added font and position attributes to the <time>, <key>, and <clef> elements.
• Allow multiple <key> and <time> elements in the <attributes> element.
• Added <offset> element to the <sound> element.
• Added <part-name> and <part-abbreviation> elements to the <print> element.
• Added enclosure and xml:lang attributes to the <footnote> element.
• Made <page-height> and <page-width> optional in the<page-layout> element.
• Added version attribute to the <opus> element.
• Made <elision> element optional in <lyric> elements with more than one <text> element to allow more formatting control.

New Values and Definitions

• Added numeric percentage values to the <sound> element’s damper-pedal, soft-pedal, and sostenuto-pedal attributes.
• Added single value to the type attribute of the <other-notation> and <grouping> elements.
• Added tick and short values to the <bar-style> element.
• Added normal, angled, and square text values to the <fermata> element.
• Added standard composer, lyricist, and arranger values to the type attribute for the <creator> element.
• Added standard music, words, and arrangement values to the type attribute for the <rights> element.

Deprecated

• Deprecated the <directive> element. Use the <direction> element with the directive attribute instead.
• Deprecated the pan and elevation attributes of the <sound> element. Use the <pan> and <elevation> elements instead.
• Deprecated the formatting attributes for the <part-name>, <part-abbreviation>, <group-name>, and <group-abbreviation> elements. Use the <part-name-display>, <part-abbreviation-display>, <group-name-display>, and <group-abbreviation-display> elements instead.

Updated July 2007

• Corrected the definition of the <credit> element in the score.mod file so it has the same meaning but is no longer non-deterministic.

Updated September 2008

• A W3C XML Schema definition (XSD) is now available for the MusicXML 2.0 partwise, timewise, and opus documents.