Custom metadata
Custom metadata are a way to add extra fields for a model, with media metadata information specific to your company, for example: camera, editor, cutter, description, etc. Hence the extra fields do not need to be predefined in the model. You need to prepopulate the system with custom metadata and their sets, via the administration interface. When the user then edits an asset, all the predefined custom metadata belonging to sets for this asset type, will become available to edit, together with the standard medialoopster metadata fields. To edit them (more details in the user handbook), the users need the permissions edit_<asset_type>asset_metadata. The values edited will be then saved in the asset's "Custom metadata" field. You can even do extended search on custom metadata.
Options
Custom metadata can be created only manually via the administration interface:
Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Custom metadata set | Yes | Custom metadata must belong to one set. The set will also identify the asset type. |
| Name | Yes | Internal name. Must be unique not just within custom metadata, but within all asset's fields as well. Thus give it special names such as ml.custom.camera, to be certain it does not overlap with other camera asset fields. |
| Display name | Yes | Display name in the browser user interface, such as |
| Validation rule | No | Custom metadata can have validators associated, such that the values edited by the user for this particular custom metadata, in the browser user interface, follows a regular expression. Select a validator rule from predefined Validation rules. |
| Order | Yes | You may adjust the custom metadata order within the set. They will appear at edit in this order. |
Existing custom metadata are displayed in the management interface as well, at "Custom metadata".
Custom metadata sets
Custom metadata sets are used to group custom metadata belonging to the same asset type. You can add a custom metadata set only via the administration interface and you may add one or more custom metadata belonging to it. There can be multiple sets for the same asset type.
Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes | Internal name, for example Video. |
| Description | Yes | For example User defined video metadata set. |
| Content type | Yes | Asset type. |
| Custom metadata | No | List of custom metadata. You can add them here or in the dedicated "Custom metadata" admin page. |