Complete and detailed account of the taxonomic and systematic characters, i.e. those that define and allow to recognize an organism.

##Atomized branch##

FullDescriptionAtomized

FullDescription element in structured format. Structured diagnostic characters.

Class: [DetailClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/DetailClass)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the FullDescriptionAtomized element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)

##Unstructured branch##

FullDescriptionUnstructured

FullDescription element in text block format.

Class: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the FullDescriptionUnstructured element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)

Image	Description
	Complex Type
	Sequence structure
	Choice structure
	Obligatory element
	Optional element
	minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded
	minOccurs=1 maxOccurs=unbounded