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title: s.property.description
description: "## Syntax **s.property.description** ## Purpose The s.property.description annotation is used to tag a span element as being the description of a property. It will associate the property description with a preceding property type and/or value.   The property description acts…"
url: "https://www.stilo.com/docs/migrate/task/s-property-description/"
updated: "2023-12-18"
category: Annotations / Task
tags:
  - Annotations
---

# s.property.description

## Syntax

**s.property.description**

## Purpose

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

 

The property description acts as the definition of or other information regarding a property’s value.

## Example

The following is an example of a time when you might want to use the annotation

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

 

The following is an example of a rule that will apply the annotation

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

The following is the DITA XML output for the rule:

<property>

<proptype>Input  </proptype>

<propvalue>None  </propvalue>

** <propdesc>This function does not take user input.</propdesc>**

</property>

<property>

<proptype>Output  </proptype>

<propvalue>None  </propvalue>

**<propdesc>This function does not produce output.</propdesc>**

</property>

<property>

<proptype>Arguments  </proptype>

<propvalue>Two  </propvalue>

**<propdesc>This function takes two arguments: item and range.</propdesc>**

</property>