<catRef>

<catRef> (category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. 2.4.3 The Text Classification
Moduleheader — 2 The TEI Header
AttributesIn addition to global attributes
targetidentifies the categories concerned
Status Required
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of
data.pointer
separated by whitespace
Values A series of one or more space-separated pointers (URIs) to category elements, typically located within a taxonomy element inside a TEI header
schemeidentifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined
Status Optional
Datatype
data.pointer
Values May supply the identifier of the associated taxonomy element.
Declaration
element catRef
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute target { list { data.pointer+ } },
   attribute scheme { data.pointer }?,
   empty
}
Example
<catRef target="#news #prov #sales2"/>
<!-- elsewhere -->
<taxonomy>
 <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
Contained bytextClass
May containEmpty element