3.3.4 Creating a Material MDS
A material is the most basic type of MDS a user can create directly. As IMDS is a material
reporting system, the purpose of creating a material is to inform the customer what substances
are present in the material.
Note that an MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) is not usually suitable to create an MDS
because an MDS requires entry of 100% of the substances in the final material, and an MSDS
rarely provides this information.
The material classification is mandatory for material type datasheets. The information is
stored in this area.