| Contains a paragraph of description for each table in the DB |
| The Glossary and Algorithms tables have cross-links to TableDesc. |
| name | type | length | unit | ucd | description |
| key | varchar | 128 | ID_IDENTIFIER | The unique key for entry | |
| type | varchar | 128 | ID_GROUP | type of table | |
| ucd | varchar | 128 | METADATA_ID | Reference to the UCD | |
| text | varchar | 7200 | METADATA_DESCRIPTION | Detailed description of table |