CML element description

Abstract	false (This can be used in an instance)
Nillable	false (Instance values cannot use xsi:nil)
Target Namespace	http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml
Declared Namespaces	xmlns:sch=http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema xmlns=http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml

<xsd:element name="description" id="el.description">
    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>
            <div class="summary">Descriptive information in a dictionary entry, etc.</div>
            <div class="description">
                <p>Entries should have at least one separate
                    <a href="el.definition">definition</a>
s.
                    <tt>description</tt>
is then used for most of the other information, including
examples. The
                    <tt>class</tt>
attribute has an uncontrolled vocabulary and
can be used to clarify the purposes of the
                    <tt>description</tt>
elements.
</p>
            </div>
            <div class="example">
                <em>From IUPAC Dictionary of Medicinal Chemistry</em>
                <pre>
<entry id="a7" term="Allosteric enzyme">
<definition>An <a href="#e3">enzyme</a>
that contains a region to which small, regulatory molecules
("effectors") may bind in addition to and separate from the
substrate binding site and thereby affect the catalytic
activity.
</definition>
<description>On binding the effector, the catalytic activity of the
<strong>enzyme</strong> towards the substrate may be enhanced, in
which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case
it is a de-activator or inhibitor.
</description>
</entry>
                </pre>
            </div>
        </xsd:documentation>
    </xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:complexType mixed="true">
        <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xsd:any processContents="lax"/>
        </xsd:sequence>

        <xsd:attribute name="class" type="xsd:string" id="att.description.class">
            <xsd:annotation>
                <xsd:documentation>
                    <div class="description">
                        <p>
The type of this information. This is not controlled, but examples
might include:
                        </p>
                        <ul>
                            <li>description</li>
                            <li>summary</li>
                            <li>note</li>
                            <li>usage</li>
                            <li>qualifier</li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </xsd:documentation>
            </xsd:annotation>
        </xsd:attribute>
    </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

From IUPAC Dictionary of Medicinal Chemistry

<entry id="a7" term="Allosteric enzyme">
  <definition>An <a href="#e3">enzyme</a>
that contains a region to which small, regulatory molecules
("effectors") may bind in addition to and separate from the
substrate binding site and thereby affect the catalytic
activity.
  </definition>
  <description>On binding the effector, the catalytic activity of the
<strong>enzyme</strong> towards the substrate may be enhanced, in
which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case
it is a de-activator or inhibitor.
  </description>
</entry>

element {http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml}description

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