<desc> (description) (in a writing system declaration) contains a description of a character or character form.
Attributes:
Example 
 <form string='a'>
   <desc>Latin lower-case letter A</desc>
 </form>
 <form string='' entityLoc='infinity'>
   <desc>author's private symbol for infinity:  a parabola open to
         the right, with a dot at its focal point.  In general, the
         character rests on the base line and rises to about the
         height of a typical ascender.</desc>
 </form>
Note

The <desc> element should usually contain the name of the character or character form; in some cases further information (e.g. the description of the character's shape) will be useful, as shown in the example.

Tagsetauxiliary tag set for writing system declarations
Class
Filenameteiwsd2
Content: May contain character data only.
ParentsattDef character classDoc entDoc form formula tagDoc valList
Children#PCDATA
Declaration
<!ELEMENT desc          - O  (#PCDATA)                          >
<!ATTLIST desc               %a.global                          >
See 25.4.2

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