此推荐做法将开发一个XML应用程序，定义用于符号音乐表示的标准语言。该语言将是音乐信息的元表示，用于在多层环境中描述和处理所述音乐信息，以实现结构、乐谱、乐器数字接口（MIDI）和数字声级表示之间的集成。此外，建议的做法应将音乐表现与已经定义和接受的共同标准结合起来。任何处理音乐信息的软件，例如乐谱编辑、光学音乐识别（OMR）系统、音乐表演、音乐数据库、作曲和音乐学应用程序，都将接受推荐的做法。

This recommended practice will develop an XML application defining a standard language for symbolic music representation. The language will be a meta-representation of music information for describing and processing said music information within a multi-layered environment, for achieving integration among structural, score, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), and digital sound levels of representation. Furthermore, the recommended practice should integrate music representation with already defined and accepted common standards. The recommended practice will be accepted by any kind of software dealing with music information, e.g., score editing, optical music recognition (OMR) systems, music performance, musical databases, and composition and musicological applications.