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<xdr:description> Element 

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Provides documentation about an ElementType or AttributeType element.

<description>

Element Information

Number of occurrences

One time.

Parent elements

AttributeType, ElementType, Schema, group, element, attribute

Child elements

Any well-formed XML content.

Remarks

Information supplied within the description element is not used in validation, but provides a standardized way to supply information that can be retrieved by tools.

Example

The following example shows use of the description element providing information about the element.

<ElementType name="Book">
  <description>
  This is how we describe the books we sell. Be sure to specify
  ageGroup!
  </description>
  <element type="ageGroup">
    <default>ADULT</default>
  </element>
</ElementType>