Description types
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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 | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Abstract | A complete abstract or summary from a document. | DataCite |
| 16 | Abstract Section | A labelled section in a structured abstract. | PubMed |
| 17 | External Abstract | Abstract not written by the authors (may be a translation). | PubMed |
| 12 | Methods | A description of how the data or other object type was constructed. | DataCite |
| 13 | Series Information | Information about a repeating series, such as volume, issue, number. | DataCite |
| 14 | Table of Contents | A listing of the Table of Contents. | 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. | style="text-align:center;" | DataCite |
| 18 | Journal Source String | The bibliographic reference to a journal article – the string that normally follows authors and title. | PubMed |
| 90 | Other | A description not falling into any of the other categories. | ECRIN |
| 0 | Not yet known | Dummy value supplied by default on entity creation. | ECRIN |
