dc:description
Mandatory if applicable
Occurrence: 0-n
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
Use the textual description as value.
The language of the description (occurrence: 0-1).
Use the xml:lang
attribute to indicate the language of the description.
<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>