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Metadata Question...

feeco — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:15:35 GMT

I am new to alfresco and trying to figure out the metadata stuff. I uploaded a jpg file with the following metadata fields: Title, subject, rating, tags and comments. Does this info stay with the file when I import it into alfresco? I don't think it does, because when I am in the alfresco web interf

Re: Metadata Question...

mikeh — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:47:54 GMT

When you view the file in CIFS, your native desktop software is reading the metadata and displaying it directly from the file. When you view the file in Alfresco, it's showing the metadata associated with the content depending on the type and model applied.

In 3.4 we've introduced EXIF metadata extractors thanks to the Apache Tika libraries. I'm not sure tags and ratings are part of the standard metadata set, but everything else should come across.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Metadata Question...

feeco — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:35:15 GMT

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your reply. That's great news with alfresco 3.4. Do you know if you can put the metadata info in the regular search box or does it actually have to go in the appropriate search box by doing an advanced search (ex. Title = xxxx). Thanks again!

Re: Metadata Question...

ethan — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:52:41 GMT

Hi

You can add custom meta-data to the simple search form by adding the following code in your web-client-config-custom.xml file :

<config>
      <client>
         <simple-search-additional-attributes>
             <qname>{your.model.uri}your.property</qname>
         </simple-search-additional-attributes>
      </client>
</config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍