<desc>

<desc> (description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for an element, attribute, or attribute value. 22.4.4 Element Specifications 22.4.5 Attribute List Specification 22.4.6 Element Classes 22.4.7 Pattern Documentation
Modulecore — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributes att.translatable (@version)
Used bycharDecl relation model.glossLike model.labelLike
May contain
Declaration
element desc
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.translatable.attributes,
   macro.limitedContent
}
Example
<desc>contains a brief description of the purpose and application for
an element, attribute, attribute value, class, or entity.</desc>
Note
TEI convention requires that this be expressed as a finite clause, begining with an active verb.