The description statement is used within a definition to provide information about the element being defined. The description statement can be used within a component, group, or attribute definition, but you cannot specify more than one description statement for a single definition.

The syntax for the description statement is:

description = "description string"

description string is defined by the component developer.

The content of the description statement is usually used for display to a user through a management application, such as the DMI browser. Users can also change the value of this string by editing the MIF file directly.