Editing MusicXML (section)

==Support==
{{As of|2024|September}}, over 270 notation programs have at least some MusicXML interchange capability.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.musicxml.com/software/ |title = Software |publisher = MusicXML |accessdate = 27 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://musescore.org/en/handbook/file-format |title = File format |publisher = MuseScore |date =  |accessdate = 27 June 2014 }}</ref> These programs include:
* Most [[Comparison of scorewriters|scorewriting programs]], including [[Finale (scorewriter)|Finale]], [[Dorico]], [[Sibelius (scorewriter)|Sibelius]], and [[MuseScore]]
* Most [[optical music recognition]] programs, including [[SmartScore]], [[PhotoScore]] and [[Audiveris]]
* Most [[music sequencer]] programs, including [[Steinberg Cubase|Cubase]], [[Logic Pro]], [[Digital Performer]], and [[Cakewalk Sonar|SONAR]]
Additionally, web support is possible through the use of the [[HTML5]] [[canvas element]] and [[JavaScript]] resulting in the rendering of legible music within a [[web browser]].<ref>{{cite web |author =  |url = http://musicxml-viewer.com |title = HTML5 MusicXML Viewer |publisher = Musicxml-viewer.com |date = 15 May 2012 |accessdate = 27 June 2014 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160403014301/http://www.musicxml-viewer.com/download.html |archivedate = 3 April 2016 }} Source code available in [https://code.google.com/archive/p/score-library/source/default/commits Google Code], [https://github.com/navigator117/score-library Github] and [https://bitbucket.org/navigator117/score-library Bitbucket].</ref>

Features include [[Key signature|key]] and [[time signature]]s, [[clef]]s, beaming information, [[Stem (music)|stem]] directions, [[Slur (music)|slurs]], [[Ornament (music)|ornaments]], [[Bar (music)|barlines]], and written repeats,<ref>{{cite conference |first1=Phillip B. |last1=Kirlin |first2=Paul E. |last2=Utgoff |editor1-first=Juan Pablo |editor1-last=Bello |editor2-link=Elaine Chew |editor2-first=Elaine |editor2-last=Chew |editor3-first=Douglas |editor3-last=Turnbull |date=2008 |title=A Framework for Automated Schenkerian Analysis |conference=ISMIR 2008: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval |location=Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHp3sRnZD-oC&pg=PA365 |at=pp. 363–368 at 365 |isbn=978-0-615-24849-3}}</ref> though the support differs between programs.<ref>{{cite conference |last1=Rettinghaus |first1=Klaus |last2=Bogdahn |first2=Gerrit |last3=Querfurth |first3=Kaspar |date=2023 |title=Comparison of MusicXML export capabilities of different scorewriters |conference=Encoding Cultures Joint MEC and TEI Conference 2023 |location=Paderborn, Germany |doi=10.17613/5bmx7-ytq67 |access-date=}}</ref>