# SlotTypeSummary
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Provides summary information about a slot type.

## Contents
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 ** description **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-description"></a>
The description of the slot type.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 2000.  
Required: No

 ** lastUpdatedDateTime **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-lastUpdatedDateTime"></a>
A timestamp of the date and time that the slot type was last updated.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** parentSlotTypeSignature **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-parentSlotTypeSignature"></a>
If the slot type is derived from a built-on slot type, the name of the parent slot type.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** slotTypeCategory **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-slotTypeCategory"></a>
Indicates the type of the slot type.  
+  `Custom` - A slot type that you created using custom values. For more information, see [Creating custom slot types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/custom-slot-types.html).
+  `Extended` - A slot type created by extending the `AMAZON.AlphaNumeric` built-in slot type. For more information, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/built-in-slot-alphanumerice.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/built-in-slot-alphanumerice.html).
+  `ExternalGrammar` - A slot type using a custom GRXML grammar to define values. For more information, see [Using a custom grammar slot type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/building-grxml.html).
Type: String  
Valid Values: `Custom | Extended | ExternalGrammar | Composite`   
Required: No

 ** slotTypeId **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-slotTypeId"></a>
The unique identifier assigned to the slot type.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 10.  
Pattern: `^[0-9a-zA-Z]+$`   
Required: No

 ** slotTypeName **   <a name="lexv2-Type-SlotTypeSummary-slotTypeName"></a>
The name of the slot type.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^([0-9a-zA-Z][_-]?){1,100}$`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/SlotTypeSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/SlotTypeSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/SlotTypeSummary)