The phrase "a database that describes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a database that provides information or details about a specific subject or set of data.
Example: "We need to create a database that describes the various species of plants in the region."
Alternatives: "a database that outlines" or "a database that details".
The results of this study constitute a "database" that describes the ground shaking of the urban area.
GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) is a database that describes bilateral trade, transport, production, intermediate commodities, etc. for a big set of regions countries.
We have created a database that describes the genomic location of 1,225 translocation breakpoints in human tumors, corresponding to 247 different genes, using information from publicly available sources.
At the core of the IDP pipeline, there is a relational database that describes the protein disorder knowledge in a logically consistent manner.
The functional identification and annotation of centromeres depends on the availability of two comprehensive and complementary sequence datasets: (i) a reference sequence database that describes all centromeric sequence variation and its underlying organization, and (ii) a functional sequence database that highlights the genomic features associated with centromere identity and function.
In the present work, thermodynamic modeling is used to construct a self-consistent thermodynamic database that describes the Al Mg Na–H system and allows the prediction of its hydrogen storage performance and provides a basic understanding of the reaction mechanisms between the different phases in the system under equilibrium conditions.
O*NET is a publicly available online database that describes occupational demands across US job titles; it has recently been used successfully to estimate workplace physical and psychosocial exposures and organisational characteristics in epidemiology studies.
The metadata catalogue, named iCAT, is a relational database that describes and locates data objects (i.e. files) within the storage system.
The IntegromeDB web site supports RDF format by providing export of the Search Results web page in RDF format (at the top of the page; Figure 2) and also providing download of some parts of the database that describe organisms, pathways, synonyms, and interactions as the RDF formatted files http://integromedb.org/download_rdf.jsp.jsp
A web-based registry, or database that describes the available scientific information on individual preventive trials, would be of high potential use to policy makers engaged in prevention planning for their communities.
