# Function: describeCollection()

```ts
function describeCollection(definition): readonly string[];
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/records/describe.ts:78](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/records/describe.ts#L78)

The collection's rules, links and history as short sentences, in a fixed
order: who may add, who may change or remove, what must be unique, what
can't change, what it points at, which permissions roles can hold, and
whether old versions are kept.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `definition` | `Describable` |

## Returns

readonly `string`[]

## Throws

When the rules hold something this doesn't know how to say