diff --git a/net/api/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/api/Description.java b/net/api/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/api/Description.java
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+package net.onrc.onos.api;
+
+/**
+ * Base abstraction of a piece of information about network elements.
+ */
+public interface Description {
+}