diff --git a/sql/structure.sql b/sql/structure.sql
index 815c9cea318cc8694542efa970f1175cb0d3d450..eaee8dd354185a3ae7279267d6a7e30c0b415e66 100755
--- a/sql/structure.sql
+++ b/sql/structure.sql
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ CREATE TABLE notes
   user_id character varying(128) NOT NULL,
   creation_date timestamp without time zone NOT NULL,
   note_text text NOT NULL,
+  type CHARACTER VARYING (32) DEFAULT 'resource' NOT NULL,
   CONSTRAINT notes_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
 )
 WITH (OIDS=FALSE);