Resumen
The Describe function returns the following properties for all Describe objects.
Propiedades
| Propiedad | Explicación | Tipo de datos | 
| baseName (Sólo lectura)  | The file base name  | String | 
| catalogPath (Sólo lectura)  | The path of the data  | String | 
| children (Sólo lectura)  | A list of sub elements  | Describe | 
| childrenExpanded (Sólo lectura)  | Indicates whether the children have been expanded  | Boolean | 
| dataElementType (Sólo lectura)  | The element type of the element  | String | 
| dataType (Sólo lectura)  | The type of the element  | String | 
| extension (Sólo lectura)  | The file extension  | String | 
| file (Sólo lectura)  | The file name  | String | 
| fullPropsRetrieved (Sólo lectura)  | Indicates whether full properties have been retrieved  | Boolean | 
| metadataRetrieved (Sólo lectura)  | Indicates whether the metadata has been retrieved  | Boolean | 
| name (Sólo lectura)  | The user-assigned name for the element  | String | 
| path (Sólo lectura)  | The file path  | String | 
Muestra de código
Describe object properties example (stand-alone script)
Display some Describe object properties for a file geodatabase.
import arcpy
# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/chesapeake.gdb")
# Print some Describe Object properties
#
if hasattr(desc, "name"):
    print "Name:        " + desc.name
if hasattr(desc, "dataType"):
    print "DataType:    " + desc.dataType
if hasattr(desc, "catalogPath"):
    print "CatalogPath: " + desc.catalogPath
# Examine children and print their name and dataType
#
print "Children:"
for child in desc.children:
    print "\t%s = %s" % (child.name, child.dataType)