Appendix A:
Configuring Metadata
Where: Color Factory | XMP Metadata tab
The Metadata Configuration( MDC) is used to manage how metadata fields are configured for documents used in your organization. In previous versions of FotoWare applications the metadata fields were predefined using a combination of the IPTC standard, FotoWare’ s own custom fields, and unused field IDs for IPTC numbers that were not used in the IPTC number range.
By using the XMP(“ eXtensible Metadata Platform” – a specific XML format) standard when defining the metadata, the limitations of the IPTC standard can be overcome.
The XMP Metadata tab( located by clicking on the Color Factory node in the Admin Console tree) lets you import an existing schema file for use in Color Factory. It is imperative that all your XMP-compliant systems use the same schema file to maintain metadata consistency. If you would like to export the currently used schema file you can click on the Export button to save it e. g. on a removable or network drive. To configure the active schema file, click on the Configure button.
XMP sorts metadata fields into namespaces. The MDC configuration file contains several predefined namespaces such as the Dublin Core namespace and the Adobe Photoshop namespace. The configuration doesn’ t contain all fields available for all the included namespaces; only fields that are commonly used are included. You might discover that one or more fields that are part of a namespace are not included in the configuration. These fields can then be imported, for example from an image file that contains this field.
We advise you to be cautious when making changes to a schema using the MDC. If you want to add new fields to an existing namespace you must make sure that these new fields are part of that namespace’ s specification.
When you are done editing the MDC file, the file must be distributed to all FotoWare products, both server and client applications. All FotoWare products must be using the exact same MDC file to make sure that the products are working, writing and validating metadata in a consistent manner. See the sub topic Distributing the MDC File for more information.
Configuration Window Overview
Open the FotoWare Metadata Configuration window by clicking on the Configure button in the Administration Console. The window will open with the master schema file. In the left column you will see three main nodes:
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