The Item description allows for describing the item and its features in more detail than the Item name. It is only allowed to send one description element pr. language.

Cardinality
0..n
Namespace
cbc urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2
Data type
Text
udt:TextType
Example value
This is a rather long item description, often very detailed
Business terms
BT-088
Attributes
Use Name Description
o @languageID

Language identifier
Language identifier to indicate which language the description is stated in.

Example value: en