<taxonomy>

<taxonomy> definisce una tipologia o in modo implicito, usando una citazione bibliograficha, o in modo esplicito attraverso una tassonomia strutturata. [2.3.7 The Classification Declaration]
Moduloheader — The TEI Header
Attributiatt.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))
Contenuto in
header: classDecl
Può contenere
core: bibl biblStruct desc gloss listBibl
header: biblFull category
msdescription: msDesc
tagdocs: altIdent equiv
Dichiarazione

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    <rng:ref name="model.descLike"/>
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   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
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   (
      ( model.glossLike | model.descLike )*
    | category+
    | ( ( model.biblLike ), category* )
   )
}
Esempio
<taxonomy xml:id="tax.b">
 <bibl>Brown Corpus</bibl>
 <category xml:id="tax.b.a">
  <catDesc>Press Reportage</catDesc>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a1">
   <catDesc>Daily</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a2">
   <catDesc>Sunday</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a3">
   <catDesc>National</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a4">
   <catDesc>Provincial</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a5">
   <catDesc>Political</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.a6">
   <catDesc>Sports</catDesc>
  </category>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="tax.b.d">
  <catDesc>Religion</catDesc>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.d1">
   <catDesc>Books</catDesc>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="tax.b.d2">
   <catDesc>Periodicals and tracts</catDesc>
  </category>
 </category>
</taxonomy>
Esempio
<taxonomy>
 <category xml:id="literature">
  <catDesc>Literature</catDesc>
  <category xml:id="poetry">
   <catDesc>Poetry</catDesc>
   <category xml:id="sonnet">
    <catDesc>Sonnet</catDesc>
    <category xml:id="shakesSonnet">
     <catDesc>Shakespearean Sonnet</catDesc>
    </category>
    <category xml:id="petraSonnet">
     <catDesc>Petrarchan Sonnet</catDesc>
    </category>
   </category>
   <category xml:id="haiku">
    <catDesc>Haiku</catDesc>
   </category>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="drama">
   <catDesc>Drama</catDesc>
  </category>
 </category>
 <category xml:id="meter">
  <catDesc>Metrical Categories</catDesc>
  <category xml:id="feet">
   <catDesc>Metrical Feet</catDesc>
   <category xml:id="iambic">
    <catDesc>Iambic</catDesc>
   </category>
   <category xml:id="trochaic">
    <catDesc>trochaic</catDesc>
   </category>
  </category>
  <category xml:id="feetNumber">
   <catDesc>Number of feet</catDesc>
   <category xml:id="pentameter">
    <catDesc>>Pentameter</catDesc>
   </category>
   <category xml:id="tetrameter">
    <catDesc>>Tetrameter</catDesc>
   </category>
  </category>
 </category>
</taxonomy>
<!-- elsewhere in document -->
<lg ana="#shakesSonnet #iambic #pentameter">
 <l>Shall I compare thee to a summer's day</l>
<!-- ... -->
</lg>