gml:description 

The value of this property is a text description of the object. gml:description uses gml:StringOrRefType as its content model, so it may contain a simple text string content, or carry a reference to an external description. The use of gml:description to reference an external description has been deprecated and replaced by the gml:descriptionReference property.

Element Information

Model

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
gml:remoteSchema anyURI optional
nilReason gml:NilReasonType optional
xlink:actuate xlink:actuateType optional
xlink:arcrole xlink:arcroleType optional
xlink:href xlink:hrefType optional
xlink:role xlink:roleType optional
xlink:show xlink:showType optional
xlink:title xlink:titleAttrType optional
xlink:type xlink:typeType simple optional

Used By

Element Group gml:StandardObjectProperties
Complex Types gml:AbstractCRSType, gml:AbstractCoordinateOperationType, gml:AbstractCoordinateSystemType, gml:AbstractDatumType, gml:AbstractGeneralConversionType, gml:AbstractGeneralDerivedCRSType, gml:AbstractGeneralOperationParameterType, gml:AbstractGeneralTransformationType, gml:AffineCSType, gml:BaseUnitType, gml:CartesianCSType, gml:CompoundCRSType, gml:ConcatenatedOperationType, gml:ConventionalUnitType, gml:ConversionType, gml:CoordinateSystemAxisType, gml:CylindricalCSType, gml:DefinitionBaseType, gml:DefinitionProxyType, gml:DefinitionType, gml:DerivedCRSType, gml:DerivedUnitType, gml:DictionaryType, gml:EllipsoidType, gml:EllipsoidalCSType, gml:EngineeringCRSType, gml:EngineeringDatumType, gml:GeocentricCRSType, gml:GeodeticCRSType, gml:GeodeticDatumType, gml:GeographicCRSType, gml:IdentifiedObjectType, gml:ImageCRSType, gml:ImageDatumType, gml:LinearCSType, gml:ObliqueCartesianCSType, gml:OperationMethodType, gml:OperationParameterGroupType, gml:OperationParameterType, gml:PassThroughOperationType, gml:PolarCSType, gml:PrimeMeridianType, gml:ProjectedCRSType, gml:SphericalCSType, gml:TemporalCRSType, gml:TemporalCSType, gml:TemporalDatumBaseType, gml:TemporalDatumType, gml:TimeCSType, gml:TimeCalendarEraType, gml:TimeCalendarType, gml:TimeClockType, gml:TimeCoordinateSystemType, gml:TimeOrdinalEraType, gml:TimeOrdinalReferenceSystemType, gml:TimeReferenceSystemType, gml:TransformationType, gml:UnitDefinitionType, gml:UserDefinedCSType, gml:VerticalCRSType, gml:VerticalCSType, gml:VerticalDatumType

Source 

<element name="description" type="gml:StringOrRefType">
  <annotation>
    <documentation>The value of this property is a text description of the object. gml:description uses gml:StringOrRefType as its content model, so it may contain a simple text string content, or carry a reference to an external description. The use of gml:description to reference an external description has been deprecated and replaced by the gml:descriptionReference property.</documentation>
  </annotation>
</element>

Sample