---
title: s.property.head.description
description: "## Syntax **s.property.head.description** ** ** ## Purpose The s.property.head.description annotation is used to tag a span element as being the header description of a property. It will associate this description with a preceding property header type and/or value. The property header…"
url: "https://www.stilo.com/docs/migrate/linking-referencing-and-keywords/s-property-head-description/"
updated: "2023-12-04"
category: Annotations / Linking, Referencing and Keywords
tags:
  - Annotations
---

# s.property.head.description

## Syntax

**s.property.head.description**

** **

## Purpose

The s.property.head.description annotation is used to tag a span element as being the header description of a property. It will associate this description with a preceding property header type and/or value.

The property header description acts as the header for a description column in a properties table.

## Examples

The following is an example of a time where you might want to use the s.property.head.description annotation:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.simpletable.head0_.png)

This content will be organized into a simple table format. The p.simpletable.head annotation will be used to mark the first row (Date | Significance | Region) as the header row.

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-s.property.head_.description0.png)

*Note: the relevant span has been marked in bold for this example. The span is not bold in the source document.*

The following is an example of a rule that will apply s.property.head.description:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-s.property.head_.description1.png)

 

The following is an example of the DITA output you would get from this annotation.

 

<properties>

<prophead>

<proptypehd>Property</proptypehd>

<propvaluehd>Value</propvaluehd>

**<propdeschd>Description</propdeschd>**

</prophead>

 

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