abstract (ScholarlyWork.abstract) is a field stored on each scholarly work record in Chalk, the higher-education academic operations platform for curriculum, assessment, faculty, scheduling, accreditation, and budget. It holds a String value and is part of the scholarly work record's data. The abstract field belongs to the scholarly work it is recorded on, so faculty, staff, and automations read or set abstract while working with that ScholarlyWork record. Because abstract is part of the ScholarlyWork record, it stays consistent with the rest of that record's data and is scoped to the tenant that owns the scholarly work.
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