| Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XML Schemas |  |
description
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="Element"/> <AttributeType name="att"/> <ElementType name="Elements" model="closed"> <element type="Element" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"> <description>element description</description> </element> <attribute type="att"> <description>attribute description</description> </attribute> </ElementType>
See Also
XDR Schema Elements | XDR Schema Data Types Reference