descriptionType
Used by:
Options:
Abstract
Definition: A brief description of the resource and the context in which the resource was created.
Usage Notes: Recommended for discovery. Use “<br>” to indicate a line break for improved rendering of multiple paragraphs, but otherwise no html markup.
Example: https://data.datacite.org/application/vnd.datacite.datacite+xml/10.1594/PANGAEA.771774
Methods
Definition: The methodology employed for the study or research.
Usage Notes: Recommended for discovery. Full documentation about methods supports open science.
Example: https://data.datacite.org/application/vnd.datacite.datacite+xml/10.6078/D1K01X
SeriesInformation
Definition: Information about a repeating series, such as volume, issue, number.
Usage Notes: The information previously encoded as a description with this type should now be explicitly provided in tagged fields using the new 20. RelatedItem property with relationType “IsPublishedIn” selected.
TableOfContents
Definition: A listing of the Table of Contents.
Usage Notes: Use “<br>” to indicate a line break for improved rendering of multiple paragraphs, but otherwise no html markup.
Example: https://data.datacite.org/application/vnd.datacite.datacite+xml/10.5678/LCRS/FOR816.CIT.1031
TechnicalInfo
Definition: Detailed information that may be associated with design, implementation, operation, use, and/or maintenance of a process, system, or instrument.
Usage Notes: For software description, this may include the contents of a “readme.txt” and necessary environmental information (hardware, operational software, applications/programs with version information, a human-readable synopsis of software purpose) that cannot be described using other properties (e.g., programming language). For other uses, this can include specific and detailed information as necessary and appropriate.
Other
Definition: Other description information that does not fit into an existing category.
Usage Notes: Use for any other description type.