Element : <description>

Syntax


<!ELEMENT description    (para | list)*>

This element occurs in the element : Element: <packageinfo>

See also : Element: <para> | Element: <list>

Description

The element description contains the description of a package. Its use is for documentation only.

Notice that all the elements para and list are surrounded by parathensis [ ( ) ] and followed by an asterisk [ * ]. The asterisk signifies that each element can be used optionally inside the description declaration in a profile and that, if used, they can be used more than once.

Examples

<package name="gimp" version="1.2.3">
        <packageinfo>
                <description>
                        <para>The gimp package contains the GNU Image Manipulation Program. This is
                        useful for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
                        </para>
                </description>

                <requires><name>gtk+</name></requires>

                        <utilizes><name>libtiff</name></utilizes>
                        <utilizes><name>libpng</name></utilizes>
                        <utilizes><name>libjpeg</name></utilizes>
                        <utilizes><name>aalib</name></utilizes>
                        <utilizes><name>mpeg_lib</name></utilizes>
                        <utilizes><name>python</name></utilizes>

                </required>

        ....

</package>

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