topic Re: Metadata Tools and Related Questions in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231405#M184535 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Every file on a filesystem automatically has some metadata, filename, uid, gid, Date and Time of Creation, Date and Time of Modification,Date and Time of last access etc etc.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>A lot of this metadata will get lost when you ingest the documents into Alfresco. So, you would need to extract it prior to ingest. There are tools like </SPAN><A href="http://code.google.com/p/fits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FITS</A><SPAN>, which can extract a lot of technical metadata, using a selection of other tools. A simplistic approach might be to ingest the metadata documents first, then the actual files, and have an automated rule which creates a new aspect for your files and populates the metadata fields with information taken from the corresponding metadata document.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 May 2010 11:48:07 GMT swithun 2010-05-26T11:48:07Z Metadata Tools and Related Questions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231403#M184533 I have some queries regarding file metadata. Every file on a filesystem automatically has some metadata, filename, uid, gid, Date and Time of Creation, Date and Time of Modification,Date and Time of last access etc etc. Then depending on the application whether its a text file or a media file or an Mon, 24 May 2010 01:26:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231403#M184533 anandshankar 2010-05-24T01:26:11Z Re: Metadata Tools and Related Questions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231404#M184534 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There is a NodeRef value unique to every node in the system; by extension, every document and folder have a NodeRef. Between the NodeRef and the store in which the document is contained, you will be able to find the document.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 May 2010 15:40:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231404#M184534 invictus9 2010-05-25T15:40:47Z Re: Metadata Tools and Related Questions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231405#M184535 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Every file on a filesystem automatically has some metadata, filename, uid, gid, Date and Time of Creation, Date and Time of Modification,Date and Time of last access etc etc.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>A lot of this metadata will get lost when you ingest the documents into Alfresco. So, you would need to extract it prior to ingest. There are tools like </SPAN><A href="http://code.google.com/p/fits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FITS</A><SPAN>, which can extract a lot of technical metadata, using a selection of other tools. A simplistic approach might be to ingest the metadata documents first, then the actual files, and have an automated rule which creates a new aspect for your files and populates the metadata fields with information taken from the corresponding metadata document.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 May 2010 11:48:07 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/metadata-tools-and-related-questions/m-p/231405#M184535 swithun 2010-05-26T11:48:07Z