MusicXML

An open, XML-based standard format for representing Western musical notation, enabling the exchange of sheet music between different music notation software applications. MusicXML encodes the structural and visual elements of a musical score in a machine-readable format, making it possible to convert visual music to alternative formats such as audio, braille, or customized large-print adaptations. As an interchange format, MusicXML is important for music accessibility because it allows transformation tools to generate accessible versions of musical scores from a single source file.