Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<catDesc>


<catDesc> (category description) describes some category within a taxonomy or text typology, either in the form of a brief prose description or in terms of the situational parameters used by the TEI formal <textDesc>.
Attributes Global attributes only
Example
<catDesc>Prose reportage</catDesc>
Example
<catDesc>
    <textDesc n="novel">
     <channel mode="w">print; part issues</channel>
     <constitution type="single"></constitution>
     <derivation type="original"></derivation>
     <domain type="art"></domain>
     <factuality type="fiction"></factuality>
     <interaction type="none"></interaction>
     <preparedness type="prepared"></preparedness>
     <purpose type="entertain" degree="high"></purpose>
     <purpose type="inform" degree="medium"></purpose>
    </textDesc>
</catDesc>
Module Declared in file teihdr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
May contain #PCDATA abbr add address app c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula geogName gloss handShift hi lang m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied term textDesc time timeRange timeStruct title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within category
Declaration
<!ELEMENT catDesc %om.RO; (#PCDATA | %m.phrase; | textDesc )*> 
<!ATTLIST catDesc  
      %a.global;>
See further 5.3.6 The Classification Declaration

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