Brief description field

The Brief description field records the most important information about an object.

Field details

Visibility: Private field
 Field ID: brief_description
Search example: brief_description: red
Field type: Text field with 65,000-character limit
Field location: Detail tab in the object cataloguing page

Catalogue tips

Describe the object as clearly and succinctly as possible. Capture any identifiable features. Think of this as a visual description to identify the object without reference to an image.

Example

A round silver locket with two photographs and no chain. It has a middle aged man on one side and a curly haired child on the other.

Search tips

You can search on this field with its ID or its alias:

brief_description

briefdesc

For example, enter briefdesc: red into the search field to find all objects that have red in the brief description.