<category>

<category> contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. [2.3.7 The Classification Declaration]
Moduleheader — 2 The TEI Header
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change))
Member of
Contained by
header: category taxonomy
May contain
core: desc gloss
header: catDesc category
tagdocs: altIdent equiv
Declaration

<rng:element name="category">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:oneOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="catDesc"/>
   </rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:choice>
     <rng:ref name="model.descLike"/>
     <rng:ref name="model.glossLike"/>
    </rng:choice>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:choice>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="category"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element category
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   ( ( catDesc+ | ( model.descLike | model.glossLike )* ), category* )
}
Example
<category xml:id="b1">
 <catDesc>Prose reportage</catDesc>
</category>
Example
<category xml:id="b2">
 <catDesc>Prose </catDesc>
 <category xml:id="b11">
  <catDesc>journalism</catDesc>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="b12">
  <catDesc>fiction</catDesc>
 </category>
</category>
Example
<category xml:id="LIT">
 <catDesc xml:lang="pl">literatura piękna</catDesc>
 <catDesc xml:lang="en">fiction</catDesc>
 <category xml:id="LPROSE">
  <catDesc xml:lang="pl">proza</catDesc>
  <catDesc xml:lang="en">prose</catDesc>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="LPOETRY">
  <catDesc xml:lang="pl">poezja</catDesc>
  <catDesc xml:lang="en">poetry</catDesc>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="LDRAMA">
  <catDesc xml:lang="pl">dramat</catDesc>
  <catDesc xml:lang="en">drama</catDesc>
 </category>
</category>