Slot: description
description of the specification component
URI: [dcterms:description](http://purl.org/dc/terms/description)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [SpecificationComponent](../classes/SpecificationComponent.md) | | no |
| [TransformationSpecification](../classes/TransformationSpecification.md) | A collection of mappings between source and target classes | no |
| [ElementDerivation](../classes/ElementDerivation.md) | An abstract grouping for classes that provide a specification of how to deriv... | no |
| [ClassDerivation](../classes/ClassDerivation.md) | A specification of how to derive a target class from a source class | no |
| [ObjectDerivation](../classes/ObjectDerivation.md) | Deprecated | no |
| [SlotDerivation](../classes/SlotDerivation.md) | A specification of how to derive the value of a target slot from a source slo... | no |
| [EnumDerivation](../classes/EnumDerivation.md) | A specification of how to derive the value of a target enum from a source enu... | no |
| [PermissibleValueDerivation](../classes/PermissibleValueDerivation.md) | A specification of how to derive the value of a PV from a source enum | no |
| [PrefixDerivation](../classes/PrefixDerivation.md) | A specification of how to derive a target prefix declaration | no |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | NONE |
| Domain Of | [SpecificationComponent](../classes/SpecificationComponent.md) |
| Slot URI | [dcterms:description](http://purl.org/dc/terms/description) |
### Slot Characteristics
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Owner | [SpecificationComponent](../classes/SpecificationComponent.md) |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/transformer
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | dcterms:description |
| native | linkmlmap:description |
## LinkML Source
name: description
description: description of the specification component
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/transformer
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dcterms:description
owner: SpecificationComponent
domain_of:
- SpecificationComponent