<classDecl>

<classDecl> (Angabe zur Klassifikation) enthält eine oder mehrere Taxonomien, die im Text verwendete Klassifikationscodes definieren. [2.3.7 The Classification Declaration 2.3 The Encoding Description]
Modul header — The TEI Header
Attribute
Mitglied des
model.encodingDescPart
Enthalten in
header: encodingDesc
Kann enthalten
header: taxonomy
Beispiel
<classDecl>
 <taxonomy xml:id="LCSH">
  <bibl>Library of Congress Subject Headings</bibl>
 </taxonomy>
</classDecl>
<!-- ... -->
<textClass>
 <keywords scheme="#LCSH">
  <term>Political science</term>
  <term>United States -- Politics and government —
     Revolution, 1775-1783</term>
 </keywords>
</textClass>
Content model 
<content>
 <elementRef key="taxonomy" minOccurs="1"
  maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</content>
Schema Deklaration 
<rng:element name="classDecl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:ref name="taxonomy"/>
 </rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element classDecl
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   taxonomy+
}