12. Description (MA)¶
dc:description
12.2. Definition and Usage Instruction¶
DCMI Definition
An account of the content of the resource. Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
Usage Instruction
This element is used for a textual description of the content. When a resource consists of several separate physical object files, do not use dc:description
to list the URLs of these files.
Remarks
- introduced in DRIVER Guidelines v2 element description
12.2.1. Property description (MA, 0-n)¶
Use the textual description as value.
12.2.2. Attribute lang (O)¶
The language of the description (occurrence: 0-1).
Use the xml:lang
attribute to indicate the language of the description.
12.3. Example¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <dc:description> Foreword [by] Hazel Anderson; Introduction; The scientific heresy: transformation of a society; Consciousness as causal reality [etc] </dc:description> <dc:description xml:lang="en-US"> A number of problems in quantum state and system identification are addressed. </dc:description> |