Apple Final Cut Server - Manual (Page 148)

148 Part II General Administration
Field Properties
For each metadata field in the group, you can override the field’s data type properties.
Click a metadata field in the Selected list to see its properties.
Note: You cannot change the data type assigned to the metadata field, only its settings.
The actual properties that appear vary depending on the metadata field’s data type.
The following two settings always appear:
 Mandatory: Select this checkbox to indicate that this field must be filled in when
used with this group.
 Editable: Select this checkbox to allow this field’s data type settings, shown below
this checkbox, to be edited when used with this group.
See “ Specialized Settings ” on page 142 for information about any other settings that
appear.
Metadata Mapping
Metadata mapping simplifies your workflow by copying metadata from one metadata
field to another. For example, if you import a set of still images with IPTC metadata
fields, you can map the data in one or more of those fields to one or more of your
custom metadata fields. Metadata mapping is used to translate metadata between
Final Cut Server and devices, file formats, and embedded metadata.
Click a metadata field
to open the Field
Properties section.