Overview of metadata properties used in Enterprise Server 9 – Help Center

Below is an overview of the static, dynamic and XMP metadata properties that are available in Enterprise Server 9.

Note: The 'name' is the name that the property is known by in Enterprise Server, while the 'display name' is the name as it is shown in the client applications (such as the label of a field in a dialog box).

Static properties

Static properties are core system properties that are required for most operations.

Name	Display name	Description
Name	Name	The file or object.
Publication	Brand	The publication.
Category	Category	A sub-division of the issue, such as news, sports, finance, fashion.
Issue	Issue	The published issue, such as 'Volume 1, January 2014'
State	Status	The Workflow status of an object or file such as 'Draft', 'For review', 'Ready for publishing'.
PubChannels	Publication Channels	The channel to which the content is published to, such as 'Print', 'Web', 'Twitter'.
Targets	Publish in	The combination of Issue and Edition fields in which an object of file is going to be used.
Issues	Issues	The names of the Issues to which the object or file belongs
Editions	Editions	The names of the Editions to which the object or file belongs.

Dynamic properties

Dynamic properties are known system properties that are maintained by the system.

Name	Display name	Description
AspectRatio	Aspect Ratio	Aspect ratio for movies, expressed as x:y.
Channels	Channels	Audio/video channels.
ColorSpace	Color Space	BW, RGB, CMYK, LAB, and so on. (Only for Image, Video, Audio, Advert, and Layout objects.).
Columns	Columns	Number of text columns used for an article.
Comment	Comment	User comments. (Shown in dialog box when opening the object for editing.)
Compression	Compression	The data compression technology used.
ContentSource	Content Source	The whole unformatted textual content of an article (used for full text search).
Creator	Created By	Name of the user who created the object in the database.
Deadline	Deadline	Date when the object must be ready for publishing. (Dependent on deadline configuration.)
DeadlineSoft	Soft Deadline	Soft deadline used for deadline status coloring.
Deleted	Deleted On	Date on which the object was moved to the Trash Can.
Deletor	Deleted By	Name of the user who moved the object to the Trash Can.
Dossier	Dossier	Name of the Dossier.
Dpi	Dpi	The resolution in dots per inch for graphical objects.
ElementName	Label	Label for an article component.
Encoding	Encoding	Video/Audio encoding.
FileSize	Size	The size of the file.
Flag	Flag	Indicates that the object needs attention.
FlagMsg	FlagMsg	The textual message that accompanies the Flag.
Format	Format	MIME type of the native file of an object.
Height	Height	Height of an image or advert in points.
ID	ID	The ID of an object.
KeyFrameEveryFrames	Key frame every frames	Video: Fully drawn frame (baseline) per X frames (that stores differences only).
Keywords	Keywords	Descriptors of the content.
LenghtChars	Character Count	Number of characters in an article.
LengthLines	Line Count	Number of lines in an article.
LengthParas	Paragraph Count	Number of paragraphs in an article.
LengthWords	Word Count	Number of words in an article.
LockedBy	In Use By	Name of the user who currently has the file open for editing.
Modifier	Modified By	Name of last user who has edited the object.
PageRange	Page Range	Page range of a layout.
PlacedOn	Placed On	Name of the layout onto which the object is placed.
PlainContent	Content	The whole unformatted textual content of an article (used for full text search).
PlannedPageRange	Planned Page Range	Page range of a layout taken from the planning system.
Rating	Rating	Rating info for an object.
RouteTo	Route To	Name of user or user group to whom the object is routed.
Slugline	Slugline	Snippet of the article content.
Type	Type	Object type.
UnreadMessageCount	Unread Messages	Number of unread messages.
Version	Version	Version number of the object.
Width	Width	Width of image/advert in points.

XMP properties

XMP properties are properties that are synchronized by the system with Adobe XMP metadata that is stored within Adobe files.

Name	Display name	Description
Author	Author	Writer of the article or photographer of the image.
Copyright	Copyright (c)	The copyright label.
CopyrightMarked	Copyright Marked	Whether or not the object is marked for copyright (true/false).
CopyrightURL	Copyright URL	Copyright Web location.
Created	Created On	Date and time when the object was created in the database.
Credit	Credit	Credit of a file as shown in the File Info dialog box.
Description	Description	Description of the contents.
DescriptionAuthor	Description Author	Author of the description property.
DocumentID	Doc ID	XMP document ID of an object.
Modified	Modified On	Date when the object was last edited.
Source	Source	Source where the native file originates from.
Urgency	Urgency	Urgency or priority of a file.