TEI Lex-0

— A baseline encoding for lexicographic data

12.1.16. <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>. [2.3.7. The Classification Declaration]
Moduleheader — Specification
Attributes
Contained by
header: category
May contain
core: gloss term
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="entertaindegree="high"/>
  <purpose type="informdegree="medium"/>
 </textDesc>
</catDesc>
Content model
<content>
 <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
  <elementRef key="term"/>
  <elementRef key="gloss" minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="1"/>
 </sequence>
</content>
    
Schema Declaration

element catDesc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.canonical.attributes,
   ( term, gloss? )
}