<desc>

<desc> (description) contains a brief description of the object documented by its parent element, typically a documentation element or an entity. [22.4.1 Description of Components]
Modulecore — Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) (att.global.source (@source)) att.translatable (@versionDate) att.typed (type, @subtype)
typecharacterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
Derived fromatt.typed
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
<elementSpec module="core"
 ident="teiCorpusvalidUntil="2027-10-20">

 <desc versionDate="2017-02-07"
  xml:lang="en">
contains the
   whole of a TEI encoded corpus, comprising a single corpus
   header and one or more <gi>TEI</gi> elements, each
   containing a single text header and a text.</desc>
 <desc type="deprecationInfoxml:lang="en">The
 <gi>TEI</gi> element is now permitted to nest directly
   within a <gi>TEI</gi> element. Thus the recommended
   encoding of a corpus is to use <gi>TEI</gi> with a
 <att>type</att> of <val>corpus</val> as the outermost
   element of a set of TEI documents that are to be treated
   as a single corpus.</desc>
<!-- ... -->
</elementSpec>
Member of
Contained by
May contain
Note

When used in a specification element such as elementSpec, TEI convention requires that this be expressed as a finite clause, begining with an active verb.

Example
<desc>contains a brief description of the purpose and intended use of a documentation element, or a brief characterisation of a parent entity </desc>
SchematronA desc with a type of deprecationInfo should only occur when its parent element is being deprecated. Furthermore, it should always occur in an element that is being deprecated when desc is a valid child of that element.

<sch:rule context="tei:desc[ @type eq 'deprecationInfo']">
<sch:assert test="../@validUntil">Information about a
deprecation should only be present in a specification element
that is being deprecated: that is, only an element that has a
@validUntil attribute should have a child <desc
type="deprecationInfo">.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.limitedContent"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="desc">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.translatable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attribute.subtype"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.limitedContent"/>
</rng:element>
element desc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.translatable.attributes,
   att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type { teidata.enumerated }?,
   macro.limitedContent
}