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Creating a Metadata Schema

Create a Metadata Schema to define a set of fields for capturing metadata values.

Before you begin

You must have Schema Management rights and Write permissions for the Folder in which you create the Schema to create a Schema.

Procedure

  1. Open Content Manager Explorer.
  2. Navigate to the Publication and Folder in which you want to create the Schema.
  3. Open the Ribbon toolbar Create tab and click New Schema.
    The New Schema window opens.
  4. On the General tab, fill in the following fields:
    • Name — the name of the Metadata Schema.
    • Description — a description of this Schema.
    • Schema Type — select Metadata Schema.
  5. Select the Metadata Design tab to define fields for this Metadata Schema.
  6. Click Add to add fields. In the area on the right, fill in the following fields:
    • 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. This description is used as the label for the input control for this field in the Component form the author will see.
    • Type — select a field type for this field. Refer to Field types for Schemas for a description of each of the available field types and the parameters that can be set for each type.
  7. Click Save and Close.

Results

Users can use the Metadata Schema you created to add metadata values to Publications, Folders, Virtual Folders, Structure Groups, Pages, Categories, Keywords, Component Templates and Page Templates.

If the Metadata Schema was created in a BluePrint Parent Publication, the Metadata Schema is shared to all Child Publications.