diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
index 1db15b16cbe0c6a234fb15afcb60b65bb6973849..d09ee22f2b8566b34406e1f0d5fd799158df923e 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
@@ -630,11 +630,13 @@ MATERIALS = [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "MATERIALS", "Folder used to organize sampl
     ]];
 
 METHODS = [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "METHODS", "Folder used to organize samples in the Inventory/METHODS", [
-        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "NAME",                 "General", "Name",                     DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Name", None, None]
+        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "NAME",                 "General", "Name",                     DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Name", None, None],
+        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "DEFAULT_OBJECT_TYPE",  "General", "Default Object Type",      DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Default Object Type", None, None]
     ]];
     
 COLLECTION = [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "COLLECTION", "Folder used to organize collections everywhere", [
-        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "NAME",                 "General", "Name",                     DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Name", None, None]
+        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "NAME",                 "General", "Name",                     DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Name", None, None],
+        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "DEFAULT_OBJECT_TYPE",  "General", "Default Object Type",      DataType.VARCHAR,             None,    "Default Object Type", None, None]
     ]];
 
 DEFAULT_EXPERIMENT = [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "DEFAULT_EXPERIMENT", "Default Experiment", [