<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> .
Attributes:
Example
    <catDesc>Prose reportage
Example
<catDesc>
    <textDesc n=novel>
     <channel mode=w>print; part issues
     <constitution type=single>
     <derivation type=original>
     <domain type=art><factuality type=fiction>
     <interaction type=none>
     <preparedness type=prepared>
     <purpose type=entertain degree=high>
     <purpose type=inform degree=medium>
    </textDesc>
</catDesc>
Note
Tagsetauxiliary tag set for TEI headers
Class
Filenameteihdr2
Parentscategory
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term textDesc time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT catDesc       - O  (%phrase.seq; | textDesc)          >
<!ATTLIST catDesc            %a.global                          >
See 5.3.6

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