EVS IPDirector Version 5.6 - May 2009 Part 1 User's Manual - Manual (Page 40)

IPDirector Version 5.6 – User Manual – Part 1: General Workspace
EVS Broadcast Equipment - – May 2009
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2.8 METADATA PROFILE MANAGEMENT
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Metadata is customer-defined data which can be associated with clips, log sheets,
playlists and timelines.
Metadata Profile
A Metadata profile corresponds to a set of user fields which are managed
together.
Thereafter, a profile can be associated with elements such as clips, files, log
sheets, playlists and timelines and metadata can be attributed to the element by
entering specific values in the user fields.
After assignment, metadata can be used in searches within the Database Explorer.
A profile can be created in IPDirector or can be imported into IPDirector in the
form of an .XML file. The same profile can be used for any element type.
Depending on the user rights defined, the users will be allowed to manage
profiles, to choose a profile when creating or editing an element, or they will be
forced to use to default profile imposed by the administrator.
Log Sheet Profile
Profiles defined for log sheets slightly differ from profiles defined for other
elements in that two profiles can be associated with a log sheet:
• one for the log sheet user’s fields
• one for automatic keywords.
Refer to the chapter on the IP Logger module in part 2 of the user’s manual for a
detailed description of user’s fields and automatic keywords.
Profiles for automatic keywords also consist of user fields. Values are entered for
these user fields at creation of logs and will persist through all new log entries
made until the automatic keyword is changed in the Automatic Keywords tab of the
IP Logger window. Therefore, they behave as automatic keywords as they will be
associated to a log such as keywords, but do not need to be entered for each log
separately.
For more information on how to use the metadata and automatic keywords in the
IPDirector applications, refer to the following chapters and sections:
• Control Panel chapter: sections ‘Metadata tab’ and ’How to Add or Modify
Metadata of a Clip’.
• Database Explorer chapter: section ‘Edit Clip Window’
• Playlist Panel chapter: section ‘New Playlist Window’ and ‘How to Modify
Playlist Information’
• Ingest Scheduler chapter: section ‘Fields in the New Ingest Window’