Slot: description
A free-text account of the resource.
URI: [dct:description](http://purl.org/dc/terms/description)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Catalogue](Catalogue.md) | A curated collection of metadata about resources (e | yes |
| [CatalogueRecord](CatalogueRecord.md) | A description of a single entry in a data catalogue | no |
| [DataService](DataService.md) | A collection of operations that provides access to one or more datasets or da... | no |
| [Dataset](Dataset.md) | A collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available f... | yes |
| [DatasetSeries](DatasetSeries.md) | A collection of datasets that share a common schema and represent a change ov... | yes |
| [Distribution](Distribution.md) | A specific representation of a dataset (e | no |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | [String](String.md) |
| Domain Of | [Catalogue](Catalogue.md), [CatalogueRecord](CatalogueRecord.md), [DataService](DataService.md), [Dataset](Dataset.md), [DatasetSeries](DatasetSeries.md), [Distribution](Distribution.md) |
| Slot URI | [dct:description](http://purl.org/dc/terms/description) |
### Cardinality and Requirements
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Multivalued | Yes |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/semic/dcat-ap/3.0.1
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | dct:description |
| native | dcat_ap:description |
## LinkML Source
name: description
description: A free-text account of the resource.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/semic/dcat-ap/3.0.1
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:description
domain_of:
- Catalogue
- CatalogueRecord
- DataService
- Dataset
- DatasetSeries
- Distribution
range: string
multivalued: true