Embeddable Schemas define a series of fields that you can use in other Schemas.
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.
You also need Workflow Management rights if you intend to associate this Schema with a Workflow Process by adding a Workflow Association.
Procedure
- Open Content Manager Explorer.
- Navigate to the Publication and Folder in which you want to create the Schema.
- Open the Ribbon toolbar Create tab and click New Schema.
The New Schema window opens.
- On the General tab, fill in the following fields:
- Name — the name of the Embeddable Schema. When you add an Embeddable Schema field to a Schema, you will see this name in their list of Embeddable Schemas to select. Ensure that the name of the Schema easily identifies its intended use. For example, "Address"
- Description — a description of this Schema.
- Schema Type — the type of Schema; in this case, select Embeddable Schema.
- Root element name — the name of the root element of the Schema.
- Select the Design tab to define fields for this Schema.
- 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.
- Click Save and Close.
Results
You have created an Embeddable Schema. You can now add the Embeddable Schema to another Schema field.