Materialdescriptive
Materialdescriptive is a term used in several disciplines to denote discourse, analyses, or metadata that foreground the material properties of objects, substances, or media. The concept covers both descriptive language about materials in natural or manufactured forms and the documentation of materials in information systems. In museum informatics and digital archives, materialdescriptive metadata describes tangible attributes such as material type, fabrication technique, physical dimensions, weight, texture, finish, and provenance. Such metadata supports search, conservation planning, and authenticity assessment.
In linguistics and design studies, materialdescriptive descriptions encompass adjectives and phrases that encode tactile, chemical, or
Typical materialdescriptive fields may include material, technique, dimensions, mass, density, surface treatment, durability, and deterioration indicators.
The term is a neologism with varied usage and no single governing standard. In practice, materialdescriptive