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Adding Keywords to fields

You use Keywords to classify your content. Keywords define a classification scheme (visualized as a taxonomy tree) that provides a knowledge map of your data. Applying these Keywords to Component fields or metadata fields allows you to define relationships between content.

Before you begin

You can select the value for a field from a list of Keywords if the Schema field is associated with a Category.

For more information on defining Schemas and Taxonomies (Categories and Keywords), see the implementer's documentation portal.

About this task

The allowed fields in a Component, or the allowed Metadata fields in various Content Manager items, are defined in a Schema. When you create a Component, for example, you must first select a Schema after which the fields defined in the Schema are displayed for that Component. If a Schema field is defined as a list field based on a Category, you can choose one or more values from a list of Keywords. A list field may be presented as a drop-down list, select box, radio buttons, check boxes, or tree list.

You can use Keywords to define Component fields or metadata fields for the following:

  • Component fields (in the General tab)
  • Component or Multimedia Component metadata fields (in the Metadata tab)
  • Category and Keyword metadata fields (in the General tab)
  • Publication, Folder, Virtual Folder, Structure Group, and Page metadata fields (in the General tab)

Procedure

  1. Open a Component:
    • In the General tab you can define its fields.
    • In the Metadata tab you can define its metadata fields.

    The following image shows a Component with fields displaying Keyword list fields (the check boxes and drop-down list):

  2. Select a value, or values, for the field from a list of Keywords depending on the type of list displayed:
    1. Drop-down list—select a Keyword from the list.
    2. Select box—select a Keyword from the list, or if multiple values are allowed, press Ctrl and select each Keyword you want to add.
    3. Radio buttons—select a radio button to choose a Keyword.
    4. Check boxes—select a box (or boxes if multiple values are allowed) from the list.
    5. Tree—click the Browse button to add a Keyword.

      In the Keyword picker window that opens:

      • Navigate to a Keyword from Favorites or from a Category node, and click Insert to add the Keyword to the field. Repeat the procedure to add more Keywords if multiple values are allowed.
      • Click Close to close the window.

      Use the area to the left to perform the following actions:

      • Drag and drop a field to move the selected Keyword to a new position.
      • Click Remove to remove the selected Keyword

Results

The Keyword value, or values, are added to the field.