INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT DEFINITIONS
Description Short

 

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NAME Description Short
OBLIGATION TO USE

Mandatory

DEFINITION Brief free-form text or a narrative to report general notes, abstracts, or summaries about the intellectual content of the digital asset.
ELEMENT DEPENDENCIES Description Type
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY Free Text
QUANTITY PERMITTED 1
DATA TYPE Text String
NOTES/GUIDELINES Enter general notes, abstracts, or summaries about the digital asset. The information may be in the form of a paragraph giving an individual description, anecdotal interpretations, or brief content reviews.
FORMAT/EXAMPLES

Example:
See the devastating impact of blight on the American chestnut tree in this annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest. Learn the scientific processes scientists use to identify the remaining trees, document their locations, and cross-pollinate them with other varieties of chestnut trees to create hybrids that are blight-resistant.

Example:
In this video segment from Kentucky Life, learn about dragonflies and damselflies. See these beautiful insects in flight, and learn about their habitats from a biologist.
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