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# Description

Contains descriptive information about the document.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose File - Properties - Description tab.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose File - Properties then select the Description tab.

LibreOfficeDev supports the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, a standardized set of metadata elements used to describe physical and electronic documents.

You can add additional metadata elements in the Custom Properties tab.

Title, Subject, and Keywords are exported to PDF files as PDF Document Properties. Entered values are exported and will appear in the corresponding fields in the PDF Document Properties Description.

## Elements

### Title

Enter a title for the document.

DCMI Definition: A name given to the resource.

### Subject

Enter a subject for the document. You can use a subject to group documents with similar contents.

DCMI Definition: The topic of the resource.

### Keywords

Enter the words that you want to use to index the content of your document. Keywords must be separated by commas. A keyword can contain white space characters or semicolons.

### Contributor

Enter the names of the people, organizations, or other entities that have made contributions to the document. For example, the names of the document’s authors, or team members who contributed data to it.

DCMI Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.

### Coverage

Enter the time, place, or jurisdiction that the document is relevant to. For example, a range of dates, a place, or an institution that the document applies to.

DCMI Definition: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.

### Identifier

Enter a unique and unambiguous identifier for the document. For example, a document number or ISBN.

DCMI Definition: An unambiguous reference to the document within a specific context.

### Publisher

Enter the name of the entity that is making the document available. For example, a company, university, or government body.

DCMI Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available.

### Relation

Enter information about resources related to the document. For example, a set of volumes the document is part of, or the document's edition number.

DCMI Definition: A related resource.

### Rights

Enter information intellectual property rights associated with the document. For example, a copyright statement, or information about who has permission to access the document.

DCMI Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.

### Source

Enter information about other resources from which the document is derived. For example, the name or identifier of a hard copy that the document was scanned from, or a url that the document was downloaded from.

DCMI Definition: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.

### Type

Enter information about the category or format of the document. For example, whether the document is a text document, image, or multimedia presentation.

DCMI Definition: The nature or genre of the resource.

### Comments

Enter comments to help identify the document.

## Help

Click the Help button to open the help page associated with the currently open dialog.

## Reset

Resets changes made to the current tab to those applicable when this dialog was opened.

## OK

Saves all changes and closes dialog.

## Cancel

Clicking Cancel closes a dialog without saving any changes made.

Related Topics

Properties

HTML import and export

DCES Page on the DCMI Website

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