4 description

Definition: a metadata schema block containing the description of the RAiD and associated properties

Requirement: recommended

Occurrence: 0-n

Example JSON

4.1 description.text

Definition: a project description that may include any additional information not captured by other metadata properties

Requirement: mandatory for each description supplied

Occurrence: 1

Allowed values: free text

Constraints: maximum 1000 characters

Note: Descriptions are intended to be flexible, and projects can use them liberally to capture information about the project that is not recorded elsewhere in the RAiD.

. 4.2-description.type:

4.2 description.type

Definition: a metadata schema block declaring the type of description

Requirement: mandatory for each description supplied

Occurrence: 1

Example JSON

4.2.1 description.type.id

Definition: the type of description.

Requirement: mandatory for each description.type supplied

Occurrence: 1

Allowed values: closed controlled list derived from description.type.schemaUri

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/326 (Primary, i.e., a preferred full description or abstract)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/321` (Alternative, i.e., an additional or supplementary full description or abstract)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/322 (Brief, i.e., a shorted version of the primary description)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/327 (Significance Statement)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/323 (Methods)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/324 (Objectives)

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.id/325 (Other, i.e., any other descriptive information such as a note)

Default: description.type.id for first-entered description (only) defaults to ‘Primary’

Constraints: if a description is provided, one (and only one) primary description is mandatory

4.2.2 description.type.schemaUri

Definition: the URI of the description type schema

Requirement: mandatory for each description.type supplied

Occurrence: 1

Allowed values: closed controlled list defined at https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.schemaUri/275

  • https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.schema/320

Note: Controlled list adapted from Vocabularies for Registry Schema 1.6.5 ‘Description Type’ and DataCite Metadata Schema 4.4 Appendix 1 Table 10 ‘Description of descriptiontype’.

4.3 description.language

Definition: a metadata schema block declaring the language of the description text

Requirement: recommended

Occurrence: 0-1

Example JSON

4.3.1 description.language.id

Definition: the language used for the description text identified by a code or other identifier

Requirement: mandatory for each description.language supplied

Occurrence: 1

Allowed values: closed controlled list derived from titles.language.schemaUri

Example: eng

4.3.2 description.language.schemaUri

Definition: the URI of the language identifier schema

Requirement: mandatory for each description.language supplied

Occurrence: 1

Allowed values: closed controlled list of allowed language schemas defined at https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.language.schemaUri/240

  • https://www.iso.org/standard/74575.html (ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups (Set 3))

Constraints: currently limited to ISO 639:2023 (Set 3)