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 that does not fit in the other categories
Requirement: mandatory for each description supplied
Occurrence: 0-1
Allowed values: free text
Constraints: maximum 1000 characters
. 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: 0-1
Allowed values: closed controlled list derived from description.type.schemaUri
Primary (preferred full description or abstract)
Alternative (additional full description or abstract)
Brief
Significance Statement
Methods
Objectives
Other (any other descriptive information, e.g. a note or similar)
Default: ‘Primary’
Constraints: if a description is provided, one (and only one) primary description is mandatory
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’.
4.2.2 description.type.schemaUri
Definition: the URI of the description type schema
Requirement: mandatory for each description.type.id supplied
Occurrence: 0-1
Allowed values: closed controlled list
[URI of RAiD vocab on RVA (to be created)]
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: recommended
Occurrence: 0-1
Allowed values: closed controlled list derived from titles.language.schemaUri
Example: eng
(ISO 639-3 three-letter code)
4.3.2 description.language.schemaUri
Definition: the URI of the language identifier schema
Requirement: mandatory for each description.language.id supplied
Occurrence: 0-1
Allowed values: closed controlled list of allowed language schemas
https://www.iso.org/standard/39534.html
Note: Currently limited to ISO 639-3 three-letter code.