<classDecl>

<classDecl> (classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory codes used elsewhere in the text. 2.3.6 The Classification Declaration 2.3 The Encoding Description
Module header — 2 The TEI Header
Used by
model.encodingDescPart
May contain
header: taxonomy
Declaration 

<rng:element name="classDecl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="taxonomy"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element classDecl { att.global.attributes, taxonomy+ }
Example
<classDecl>
 <taxonomy xml:id="LCSH">
  <bibl>Library of Congress Subject Headings</bibl>
 </taxonomy>
</classDecl>
<!-- ... -->
<textClass>
 <keywords scheme="#LCSH">
  <list>
   <item>Political science</item>
   <item>United States -- Politics and government —
       Revolution, 1775-1783</item>
  </list>
 </keywords>
</textClass>