description Element
Provides documentation about an ElementType or AttributeType element.
<description>
Element Information
| Number of occurrences |
1 |
| Parent elements |
AttributeType, ElementType, Schema, group, element, attribute |
| Child elements |
Any well-formed XML content. |
| Requires closing tag |
Yes. XML Schema is an XML grammar, and like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed. |
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
<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>
