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&description
STRING text = NULL
STRING contents = NULL
&end
This optional command describes the data set in terms of two strings. The first, text, is an informal description that
is intended principly for human consumption. The second, contents, is intended to formally specify the type
of data stored in a data set. Users are advised to set and/or examine this value in order to uniquely identify
different types of data sets, using a set of description keywords chosen by the applications programmer.
Example:
&description
text = "Twiss parameters for PAR lattice PAR10H",
contents = "Twiss parameters"
&end