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distance-type data type

The distance-type defines what type of distance is being defined in a <distance> element. Values include:

This is left as a string so that other application-specific types can be defined, but it is made a separate type so that it can be redefined more strictly.

The beam type represents the distance between beam. The hyphen type represents the distance between hyphens in lyrics.

Base type: token

Where is this type used?

<distance> — "type" attribute