desc (hendiWritings)
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<desc> (description) contains a short description of the purpose, function, or use of its parent element, or when the parent is a documentation element, describes or defines the object being documented.
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type
Example
<dataSpec module="tei" ident="teidata.point" validUntil="2050-02-25">
<desc type="deprecationInfo" versionDate="2018-09-14" xml:lang="en">Several standards bodies, including NIST in the USA,
strongly recommend against ending the representation of a number
with a decimal point. So instead of <q>3.</q> use either <q>3</q>
or <q>3.0</q>.</desc>
<!-- ... -->
</dataSpec>
Example
<gi>desc</gi> <dataSpec module="tei" ident="teidata.point">
<desc versionDate="2010-10-17" xml:lang="en">defines the data type used to express a point in cartesian space.</desc>
<content>
<dataRef name="token" restriction="(-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?,-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)"/>
</content>
<!-- ... -->
</dataSpec>
Example
<gi>desc</gi> <place xml:id="KERG2">
<placeName>Kerguelen Islands</placeName>
<!-- ... -->
<terrain>
<desc>antarctic tundra</desc>
</terrain>
<!-- ... -->
</place>
