topic Custom Metadata in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-metadata/m-p/135297#M94933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We have a project in which we would like to upload an image file and wrap it in certain metadata. Obviously an IMG file doesn't have much in the way of metadata but is there a way that we could upload our own XML file or something so that we could make Alfresco have the metadata we want?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any suggestions on how to get metadata into Alfresco for an IMG file would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:04:09 GMT darkling235 2007-09-18T19:04:09Z Custom Metadata https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-metadata/m-p/135297#M94933 Hi.We have a project in which we would like to upload an image file and wrap it in certain metadata. Obviously an IMG file doesn't have much in the way of metadata but is there a way that we could upload our own XML file or something so that we could make Alfresco have the metadata we want?Any sugge Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:04:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-metadata/m-p/135297#M94933 darkling235 2007-09-18T19:04:09Z Re: Custom Metadata https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-metadata/m-p/135298#M94934 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Defining an aspect sounds like your best bet. Have a read of the Data Dictionary Guide to see how you go about this: </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Then read the following page to see how you expose these properties in the web client: </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Displaying_Custom_Metadata" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Displaying_Custom_Metadata</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There is also an example model you can take a look at that already has an aspect called 'imageClassification' which defines a few properties for an image, you can use this as a starting point. You'll find the file in &lt;tomcat-home&gt;/shared/classes/alfresco/extension.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:11:56 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-metadata/m-p/135298#M94934 gavinc 2007-09-24T09:11:56Z