diff --git a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/Converter.java b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/Converter.java
index a75d652a..c6096360 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/Converter.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/Converter.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.parser.stac.GeometryVisitor;
 import au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util.ConstructUtils;
 import au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util.GeometryUtils;
+import au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util.LinkUtils;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ default <D extends StacCollectionModel> Collection getCollection(D m, Filter fil
                                         .type(l.getType())
                                         .rel(l.getRel())
                                         .title(l.getTitle())
+                                        .description(l.getDescription())
                                         .aiGroup(l.getAiGroup())
                                 )
                                 .toList()
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/ExtendedLink.java b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/ExtendedLink.java
index 64cdb612..1dce4263 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/ExtendedLink.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/ExtendedLink.java
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ public class ExtendedLink extends Link {
     @JsonProperty("ai:group")
     private String aiGroup;
 
+    @JsonProperty("description")
+    private String description;
+
     public ExtendedLink() {
         super();
     }
@@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ public ExtendedLink aiGroup(String aiGroup) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ExtendedLink description(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ExtendedLink href(String href) {
         super.href(href);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/LinkModel.java b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/LinkModel.java
index 67bbae08..083cdce2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/LinkModel.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/model/LinkModel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.model;
 
+import au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util.LinkUtils;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
@@ -18,4 +19,15 @@ public class LinkModel {
 
     @JsonProperty("ai:group")
     protected String aiGroup;
+
+    @JsonProperty("description")
+    protected String description;
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        String[] parsed = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription(title);
+        this.title = parsed[0];
+        if (this.description == null) {
+            this.description = parsed[1];
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtils.java b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..217e4c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util;
+
+public class LinkUtils {
+    public static String[] parseLinkTitleDescription(String combinedTitle) {
+        // if combinedTitle is null, return null for both title and description
+        if (combinedTitle == null) {
+            return new String[]{null, null};
+        }
+        // Otherwise, find the last bracket
+        int bracketCount = 0;
+        for (int i = combinedTitle.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (combinedTitle.charAt(i) == ']') {
+                bracketCount++;
+            } else if (combinedTitle.charAt(i) == '[') {
+                bracketCount--;
+                if (bracketCount == 0) {
+                    String title = combinedTitle.substring(0, i).trim();
+                    String description = combinedTitle.substring(i + 1, combinedTitle.length() - 1).trim();
+                    return new String[]{
+                            title,
+                            description.isEmpty() ? null : description
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // return null description if no matching bracket found
+        return new String[]{combinedTitle, null};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/StacToCollectionTest.java b/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/StacToCollectionTest.java
index 76908460..26ec9290 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/StacToCollectionTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/mapper/StacToCollectionTest.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public void verifyAddingPropertyWorks() {
                 .type("text/html")
                 .title("Data Link")
                 .aiGroup("data-access")
+                .description("description")
                 .build();
         var link2 = LinkModel.builder()
                 .rel("self")
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public void verifyAddingPropertyWorks() {
                 .type("application/json")
                 .title("Self Link")
                 .aiGroup("ai-group")
+                .description("description")
                 .build();
         var theme = ThemeModel.builder()
                 .scheme("scheme")
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtilsTest.java b/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..791e79d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/au/org/aodn/ogcapi/server/core/util/LinkUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package au.org.aodn.ogcapi.server.core.util;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class LinkUtilsTest {
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_normalCase() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription("mnf:adcp_public_data[ADCP data for Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 09/2003]");
+
+        assertEquals("mnf:adcp_public_data", result[0]);
+        assertEquals("ADCP data for Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 09/2003", result[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_emptyDescription() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription("Ocean Radar page on IMOS website[]");
+
+        assertEquals("Ocean Radar page on IMOS website", result[0]);
+        assertNull(result[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_titleWithBrackets() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription("DATA ACCESS - GBR10 benthic habitat type [Geotiff direct download][]");
+
+        assertEquals("DATA ACCESS - GBR10 benthic habitat type [Geotiff direct download]", result[0]);
+        assertNull(result[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_emptyTitleAndDescription() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription(null);
+
+        assertNull(result[0]);
+        assertNull(result[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_multipleNestedBrackets() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription("Title [level1 [level2]] [Final Description]");
+
+        assertEquals("Title [level1 [level2]]", result[0]);
+        assertEquals("Final Description", result[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testParseLinkTitleDescription_whitespaceOnlyDescription() {
+        String[] result = LinkUtils.parseLinkTitleDescription("Title[   ]");
+
+        assertEquals("Title", result[0]);
+        assertNull(result[1]);
+    }
+}