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For a dataset with accessLevel = restricted -- that is, a dataset that is available only to certain people and/or under certain circumstances -- agencies need a way to describe how to access the data. Maybe you call Molly at 555-DATA, maybe you sign a contract, maybe you must be a data scientist associated with a university, etc.
An agency could potentially save time, while increasing transparency, by putting instructions in this accessDetails field instead of fielding numerous individual email inquiries.
Additionally, some datasets with accessLevel = private are still available for use by other government agencies. A data owner could choose to put an explanation for these potential use cases in this field.
Some data sets have such nuanced restrictions that the documents governing access on a per-row and per-column basis number in the hundreds of pages. Creating a whole new schema to deal with this was initially tempting, but today I think being able to drop a URL to said document into this accessDetails field would do the trick.
I am proposing this as an extensible (optional) field.