{"id":878,"date":"2026-08-11T18:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/music-notation\/?p=878"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:50:57","slug":"musicxml-progress-update-august-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/music-notation\/2026\/08\/11\/musicxml-progress-update-august-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MusicXML progress update: August 11, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ROADMAP PROGRESS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the build system for the documentation site and the test system now firmly in place, it is possible to achieve good velocity with actual work towards the next MusicXML 4.1 release&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/milestone\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/milestone\/3<\/a>. Here are the items that have moved in the past period:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Closed: &lt;harmonic&gt; misses a number attribute&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/<wbr>w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/529<\/a>&nbsp;(thanks&nbsp;@lemzwerg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Closed: Make part-symbol repeatable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/<wbr>w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/572<\/a>&nbsp;(thanks&nbsp;@rettinghaus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Closed: Support multiple accidentals&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/issues\/605<\/a>&nbsp;(that&#8217;s one of my own)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Closed: Barline only takes single coda&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-<wbr>cg\/musicxml\/issues\/653<\/a>&nbsp;(thanks&nbsp;@rettinghaus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; In progress:&nbsp;Clarify fan attribute usage for multi-level beams&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/issues\/663<\/a>&nbsp;(thanks&nbsp;<a>@rpatters1)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To keep the schema, documentation site, tests, release notes, etc. in sync, I am following a list of steps that I keep refining as I go:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/discussions\/658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/discussions\/658<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ONGOING TOPICS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than roadmap items, the following topics received recent attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; The question of encoding ties and slurs across repeat sections started as a simple-sounding discussion at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/discussions\/666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/discussions\/666<\/a>&nbsp;but has now turned into a multi-issue giant (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/issues\/678<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/issues\/683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/<wbr>musicxml\/issues\/683<\/a>) and will likely need some schema adjustments. Thanks to&nbsp;@rpatters1,&nbsp;@lemzwerg,&nbsp;@mdgood for the deep involvement into advancing this obviously thorny topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Many discussion topics and issues have arisen around clarifying the documentation, removing ambiguity, addressing edge cases for the sake of application developers. Thanks to&nbsp;@lemzwerg, @rpatters1 and others for bringing these issues forward &#8211; once I feel they reach a place of clarity and mutual understanding, we can consider adding them to the roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROADMAP PROGRESS With the build system for the documentation site and the test system now firmly in place, it is possible to achieve good velocity with actual work towards the next MusicXML 4.1 release&nbsp;https:\/\/github.com\/w3c-cg\/musicxml\/milestone\/3. 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