<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. 2.3.6 The Classification Declaration
Module header — 2 The TEI Header
Used by
category
May contain
core: abbr address choice date distinct email emph expan foreign gloss measure measureGrp mentioned name num ptr ref rs soCalled term time title
corpus: textDesc
dictionaries: lang
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
transcr: am ex handShift subst
Declaration 

<rng:element name="catDesc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:text/>
   <rng:ref name="model.limitedPhrase"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.catDescPart"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element catDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   ( text | model.limitedPhrase | model.catDescPart )*
}
Example
<catDesc>Prose reportage</catDesc>
Example
<catDesc>
 <textDesc n="novel">
  <channel mode="w">print; part issues</channel>
  <constitution type="single"/>
  <derivation type="original"/>
  <domain type="art"/>
  <factuality type="fiction"/>
  <interaction type="none"/>
  <preparedness type="prepared"/>
  <purpose type="entertain" degree="high"/>
  <purpose type="inform" degree="medium"/>
 </textDesc>
</catDesc>