DESCRIPTION Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Describes the work item type.

Schema Hierarchy

WITD Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

    WORKITEMTYPE Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

        DESCRIPTION Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

<xs:element name="DESCRIPTION" type="typelib:NonEmptyLargeText" minOccurs="0"/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

Element

Description

WORKITEMTYPE Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Required element.

Contains the work item type definition.

Text Value

A string that describes the work item type you are defining.

Remarks

DESCRIPTION is an optional child element of WORKITEMTYPE.

The description is used during work item type customization to describe the work item type to the person making changes to the work item type definition XML file.

This description is available in the object model by means of the WorkItemType.Description property. For more information, see Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemType in the Visual Studio Team Foundation SDK.

minOccurs="0"

maxOccurs="1"

Example

<DESCRIPTION> Work item type description </DESCRIPTION>

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/typedef

Schema Name

Work Item Type Definition

Validation File

WorkItemTypeDefinition.xsd

Element Type

typelib:NonEmptyLargeText

Can Be Empty

Not applicable

See Also

Other Resources

Work Item Type Definition Schema