Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 129)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Working with asset metadata
Metadata types and their possible values are described in the following table.
Topics in this section include:
• “Adding and modifying asset metadata” on page 129
• “Clearing metadata” on page 130
• “Deleting asset metadata” on page 130
Adding and modifying asset metadata
Use the following steps to add or modify metadata in the properties dialog box. The
metadata names you add will appear in the properties dialog box for all assets. See
also “Deleting asset metadata” on page 130 .
1. Select an asset in the Clips pane asset list.
2. Open the Properties dialog box using one of the following methods:
• Select
Clips | Properties
, or
• Select
Properties
in the asset context menu, or
• Click t he
Properties
button in the Clips pane.
If the Properties button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to assignable
buttons in “Guide to using the Clips pane” on page 108 .
The properties dialog box appears:
3. Click the
Data
tab, then click
Add Data
or
Modify
on the data page.
4. Define or modify metadata using the following steps:
a. Select
Name
, then enter the metadata name in the Name dialog box.
Names are not case sensitive. “Episode” and “episode” are treated the same.
You cannot modify names of existing metadata. See also “Deleting asset
metadata” on page 130 .
b. Select
Type
, then choose a data type from the drop-down list.
Metadata types include: String, Integer, Float, Date, and Boolean.
(Refer to “Working with asset metadata” on page 128 .)
c. Select
Value
, then enter a metadata value in the Value dialog box.
Data Type Value Example: Name/Value
String User-defined string Producer: John Doe
Integer An integer value Episode: 4
Float A number expressed in
floating point Version: 1.2
Date Date Air Date: 10/31/03
Boolean True or False QA: False