1.9.3 <Description>

A description is an optional document that provides humanly readable information about the element which it is contained within.

When there are multiple <Description> elements supplied within a given element, then it is expected that the type attribute will distinguish between the <Description> elements. If this is not the case, or if a range of types that are unknown to the Consumer then the Consumer would not be expected to know what to utilise the alternative <Description> elements for. In this case the Consumer would be expected to only utilise the first <Description> element as a ``general purpose description'' that describes the containing element.

If a Supplier wishes to provide a multipurpose IVES document that is useful to multiple Suppliers who have different supported types then the correct thing to do would be to include a generic un-typed <Description> first that can be used by unknown Consumers and follow this with a succession of typed <Description>s that are appropriate for the different Consumers that require specific types of <Description>.

Attributes

type

optional string. The type attribute is an optional string attribute that assigns the given <Description> to a given class of documents. It is up to the Supplier and the Consumer to come to an agreement as to the meaning of the types that are supported.

role

optional string.

supplierSpecificId

(see )

May Contain

See Shared Description Components ()

Contained Within

<Contacts>

, optional and repeatable

<Contact>

, optional and repeatable

<Credits>

, optional and repeatable

<Description>

, optional and repeatable

<DropInEvent>

, optional and repeatable

<Event>

, optional and repeatable

<Group>

, optional and repeatable

<PerformanceSpace>

, optional and repeatable

<Performance>

, optional and repeatable

<Person>

, optional and repeatable

<Schedule>

, optional and repeatable

<SupplierSpecificProperty>

, optional and repeatable

<Tickets>

, optional and repeatable

<TicketType>

, optional and repeatable

<Venue>

, optional and repeatable