Custom meta data extraction - spliting name/value pairs

[shikarishambu]

Hi,
I would like to use the default keywords field in document properties to pass all the meta-data related to the custom properties. I want to be able to extract the individual values and apply it to the corresponding custom property on Alfresco. Is this best accomplished using a custom metadata extractor or a script in the space

keywords:"company=companyA;office=officeB;mailstop=XYZ;"‍

transform to

company:companyA
office:officeB
mailstop:XYZ
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Has anyone done something similar?

Thanks

[mehul1511]

Hi,
I have the same question since months now. I do not even know how to extract the metadata.

please let me know if you have the answer!!

[mrogers]

You don't say what mimetype you are working with.   Metadata extractors work on a particular mime type.   So if your "keywords" come from a particular mimetype then yes a custom metadata extractor is appropriate.    And you will need a custom metadata extractor to deal with the parsing of your compound keyword property.   Its not hard, you just need to work out how "keywords" maps to key/value pairs.   Those key/value pairs are then mapped onto property/values on the node.

However if, for the sake of argument you are working with word documents only some of which will have this "keywords" property then you will need to work out how to recognise a document with your "keywords" from from another.   It could be that probably want to trigger that by a rule, or a metadata extractor.