Description types

The MDR allows multiple description texts for any data object (following on from DataCite). A description should be categorised using one of the types listed in this table. Types 11 and 12 through 15 are all taken from DataCite. Types, 16, 17 and 18 were introduced to accommodate additional descriptive types found in PubMed data.

id	name	description	use_in_data_entry	source
20	Summary description	A textual summary of the resource (data, document or AV) and its contents.	true	ECRIN
11	Abstract	A complete abstract or summary from a document.	true	DataCite
16	Abstract section	A labelled section in a structured abstract.	true	PubMed
17	External abstract	Abstract not written by the authors (may be a translation).	false	PubMed
12	Methods	A description of how the data or other object type was constructed.	true	DataCite
13	Series information	Information about a repeating series, such as volume, issue, number.	false	DataCite
14	Table of contents	A listing of the Table of Contents.	true	DataCite
15	Technical Info	Detailed information that may be associated with design, implementation, operation, use, and/or maintenance of a process or system. Includes population information for a clinical research dataset.	true	DataCite
18	Journal source string	The bibliographic reference to a journal article – the string that normally follows authors and title.	false	PubMed
19	Data availability description	A description of the location of a Dryad dataset.	false	PubMed
90	Other	A description not falling into any of the other categories.	true	ECRIN
0	Not yet known	Dummy value supplied by default on entity creation.	false	ECRIN