Interpretive classifications

To create a formal taxonomy of concepts:

  <teiHeader>
    <!-- ... -->
    <classDecl>
      <taxonomy>
        <category xml:id="G.drama">
          <catDesc>drama</catDesc>
          <category xml:id="G.drama.mixed"><catDesc>mixed</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.drama.prose"><catDesc>prose</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.drama.verse"><catDesc>verse</catDesc></category>
        </category>
        <category xml:id="G.fiction">
          <catDesc>fiction</catDesc>
          <category xml:id="G.fiction.letter"><catDesc>letter</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.fiction.novel"><catDesc>novel</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.fiction.other"><catDesc>other</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.fiction.story"><catDesc>story</catDesc></category>
        </category>
        <category xml:id="G.non-fiction">
          <catDesc>non-fiction</catDesc>
          <category xml:id="G.non-fiction.essay"><catDesc>essay</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.non-fiction.letter"><catDesc>letter</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.non-fiction.other"><catDesc>other</catDesc></category>
        </category>
        <category xml:id="G.verse">
          <catDesc>verse</catDesc>
          <category xml:id="G.verse.lyric"><catDesc>lyric</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.verse.narrative"><catDesc>narrative</catDesc></category>
          <category xml:id="G.verse.other"><catDesc>other</catDesc></category>
        </category>
      </taxonomy>
    </classDecl>
    <!-- ... -->
  </teiHeader>

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