Use <quote> for in-line and block quotations

Add "quote" and "quotedbl" values to data.TEXTRENDITONLIST Rewrite description of <quote> Add @block to <quote> Fixes music-encoding#405
frakel · Feb 20, 2017 · c82a484 · c82a484
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diff --git a/source/specs/mei-source.xml b/source/specs/mei-source.xml
@@ -3339,6 +3339,12 @@
       <desc>Closed list of text rendition values.</desc>
       <content>
         <valList type="closed">
+          <valItem ident="quote">
+            <desc>Surrounded by single quotes.</desc>
+          </valItem>
+          <valItem ident="quotedbl">
+            <desc>Surrounded by double quotes.</desc>
+          </valItem>
           <valItem ident="italic">
             <desc>Italicized (slanted to right).</desc>
           </valItem>
@@ -19262,9 +19268,8 @@
       </remarks>
     </elementSpec>
     <elementSpec ident="quote" module="MEI.text">
-      <desc>(block quote) – A formatting element that designates an extended quotation; that is, a
-        passage attributed to a source external to the text and normally set off from the text by
-        spacing or other typographic distinction.</desc>
+      <desc>(quoted material) – Contains text attributed to an external source, normally set off
+        from the text by spacing or other typographic distinction.</desc>
       <classes>
         <memberOf key="att.common"/>
         <memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
@@ -19281,10 +19286,25 @@
           </rng:choice>
         </rng:zeroOrMore>
       </content>
+      <attList>
+        <attDef ident="block">
+          <desc>Indicates if the quotation is integrated into the flow of the text or interrupts
+            it.</desc>
+          <datatype>
+            <rng:ref name="data.BOOLEAN"/>
+          </datatype>
+        </attDef>
+      </attList>
       <remarks>
         <p>The source for the quote may be included in the optional <gi scheme="MEI">bibl</gi>
-          sub-element. Use <gi scheme="MEI">rend</gi> for words that are enclosed in quotation marks
-          for emphasis or for a short quoted phrase that occurs within a line of text.</p>
+          sub-element. Use <gi scheme="MEI">rend</gi> to indicate whether the quoted material is
+          enclosed in quotation marks.</p>
+        <p>Unless the <att>block</att> attribute indicates otherwise, a quotation appearing as a
+          descendant of a text component (<gi scheme="MEI">fig</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">lg</gi>, <gi
+            scheme="MEI">list</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">p</gi>, <gi scheme="MEI">quote</gi>, or <gi
+            scheme="MEI">table</gi>) should be rendered as in-line text, while a quotation occurring
+          within a div; that is, when it is a text component itself, should display as a block-level
+          element.</p>
       </remarks>
       <remarks>
         <p>This element is modelled on elements found in HTML, TEI, and EAD standards.</p>