| XML Name | The XML name of the field. This name can only contain letters without accents (A-Z, a-z), digits (0-9), underscores '_' and/or hyphens '-'. The first character of the XML name must be a letter or an underscore character. |
| Description | A description of the field. Users see this description when they create an item that uses this Metadata Schema. It appears as the label for the input control for this field in the item's edit form. |
| Type | Select a field type for this field. Depending on the field type you select, you may need to specify further settings. |
| Publish this field when you publish an item that uses this Schema | When selected, this field is included in the data published through templateless, data-only publishing. This option does not affect template-based publishing. Typically, you will want to keep this option selected, but if the Schema field is used internally only, say for workflow, or if it contains sensitive information, you may want to clear this option. With this option not selected, contents of the field are not included in any publish action. This option is selected by default. |
| Make this field searchable for website visitors | When selected, this field is indexed when data published through templateless, data-only publishing, and will therefore be searchable. This option does not affect template-based publishing. Typically, you will want to keep this option selected, but if you do not want this content to be indexed and included in search results, clear this option. With this option not selected, contents of the field still get published (because publish option is selected), but the contents will not be queryable or searchable. You can select this option only if you also select the option to publish the field. Both options are selected by default. |