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 Fields tab and Core Fields 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.