SAP CDT - Description

[ Definition ] [ Example (Instance) ] [ Structure ] [ Integrity Conditions ] [ Use ] [ Notes ]

Definition

A description is a representation of the properties of an object in natural language and by applying labels to fragments by a markup language.

Dictionary Entry Name

Description. Type

Example (Instance)

1.) Unstructured text content:

<OrderDescription languageCode="en">
	A character string with a specified language.
</OrderDescription>

2.) Structured, markup based, text content:

<TermDescription namespacePrefixCode="html" namespaceURI="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" languageCode="en">
    <html:html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">
       <html:head>
             <html:meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
       </html:head>
       <html:body class="ns-0">
             <html:p>The <html:b>markup language</html:b></html:p>
       </html:body>
    </html:html>
</TermDescription>

Quick Links

CCTS V2.01-CDT
CCTS V3.0-CDT

Structure

CDT	Attributes	Category	Object Class Term	Property Term	Representation Term	Type	Type Name	Cardinality
Description		complexType	Description		Type	XSD	string
	markupLanguageCode	Attribute	Description	Markup Language	Code	GDT	MarkupLanguageCode	0..1
	languageCode	Attribute	Description	Language	Code	GDT	LanguageCode	0..1

Detailed Description and Value Ranges

Description contains a "languageCode" attribute for determining the particular language of the element content in accordance with IETF RFC 1766 and [IETF RFC 3066http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt].

Detailed Description of Attributes and Elements

Attribute/Element	Description
languageCode	Attribute for determining the particular language of the element content in accordance with IETF RFC 1766 and IETF RFC 3066.
markupLanguageCode	Is the coded representation of the allowed of the used markup language for the structured representation of the content.

Facets of Content Component

Facet	Description	Example
pattern	Pattern is a constraint of the content component. The representation of pattern must be based on regular expression defined by W3C XML Schema (Part II).	[3-5][0-9] {3}.[0-9]{2}
whiteSpace	whiteSpace is a constraint of special characters in the content component. whiteSpace must be one of the following values: preserve - No normalization (changings) of the content component replace - All occurrences of tab (#x9), line feed (#xA), and carriage return (#xD) are replaced with space (#x20) collapse - It implies replace. Additionally, contiguous sequences of spaces (#x20#x20....) are collapsed, and leading and trailing spaces (#x20) are truncated.	whiteSpace value="preserve\|replace\|collapse"

Integrity Conditions

Not applicable.

Use

Description can be used for the following types of values, for example:

Readable additional information for the structured information
Descriptions of products and services

Notes

The character string of "Description" is not defined and is therefore system-dependent.
Description should not be used to transfer the following values:

Proprietary control information
Coded and mutually agreed values
Extensive descriptions of values that could otherwise be represented as coded values or identifiers (could be used as a supplement, if necessary).
Numerical values