Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.

http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#description-006

http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

A second property with the same name as this property has been declared in the dcterms: namespace (http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document "DCMI Metadata Terms" (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.