<catRef>

<catRef> (category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. [2.4.3 The Text Classification]
Moduleheader — 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)) att.pointing (@targetLang, @target, @evaluate)
schemeidentifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined, for example by a taxonomy element, or by some other resource.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Member of
Contained by
core: imprint
header: textClass
May containEmpty element
Declaration

<rng:element name="catRef">
 <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:ref name="att.pointing.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="scheme">
   <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element catRef
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.pointing.attributes,
   attribute scheme { data.pointer }?,
   empty
}
Example
<catRef scheme="#myTopics" target="#news #prov #sales2"/>
<!-- elsewhere -->
<taxonomy xml:id="myTopics">
 <category xml:id="news">
  <catDesc>Newspapers</catDesc>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="prov">
  <catDesc>Provincial</catDesc>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="sales2">
  <catDesc>Low to average annual sales</catDesc>
 </category>
</taxonomy>
Note

The scheme attribute need be supplied only if more than one taxonomy has been declared.