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Declare recommended attributes in WebTemplate

Attributes Title and Description should be declared in WebTemplate.

CheckId SPC017711
TypeName DeclareRecommendedAttributesInWebTemplate
Severity Error
Type WebTemplates

The attribute Title and Description should be defined in a WebTemplate. See sample below:

<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <WebTemplate
    ...
    BaseTemplateID="9"  
    BaseTemplateName="BLOG"  
    BaseConfigurationID="0"  
    Name="BlogIV"
    Title="Our Blog"
    Description="A 4th Generation Blog Site."
    ... />
</Elements>

To suppress this violation in XML SharePoint code add the following comment right before the XML tag which causes the rule violation. Learn more about SuppressMessage here.

<!-- "SuppressMessage":{"rule":"SPC017711:DeclareRecommendedAttributesInWebTemplate","justification":"Provide reason for suppression here"} -->
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