12. Description (MA)¶
datacite:description
12.1. Cardinality¶
Mandatory if applicable
Occurrence: 0-n
12.2. Definition and Usage Instruction¶
DCMI Definition
An account of the content of the resource. Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
Usage Instruction
This element is used for a textual description of the content. When a resource consists of several separate physical object files, do not use dc:description to list the URLs of these files.
Remarks
introduced in `DRIVER Guidelines v2 element description`_
adapted from `DataCite MetadataKernel`_ v4.7
12.2.1. Property description (MA, 0-n)¶
Use the textual description as value.
12.2.2. Attribute descriptionType (M)¶
The type of the description (occurrence: 0-1). Mandatory if description property is used.
Controlled list values
Abstract
Methods
SeriesInformation
TableOfContents
TechnicalInfo
Other
12.2.3. Attribute lang (O)¶
The language of the description (occurrence: 0-1).
Use the xml:lang attribute to indicate the language of the description.
12.3. Example¶
1<datacite:description descriptionType="Abstract">
2 Foreword [by] Hazel Anderson; Introduction; The scientific heresy:
3 transformation of a society; Consciousness as causal reality [etc]
4</datacite:description>
5
6<datacite:description xml:lang="en-US">
7 A number of problems in quantum state and system identification are
8 addressed.
9</datacite:description>