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Editing asset metadata

Adding metadata to your files is paramount to keeping your asset collections in order. This guide explains how to add metadata to assets in the main Fotoware Veloz interface and how you can configure taxonomies to improve archive navigation and facilitate metadata entry for users.

General metadata editing

Learn how to perform basic metadata editing in Fotoware

  1. Adding comments to your assets
  2. Adding metadata to assets
  3. Adding web links to metadata fields
  4. Setting asset status
  5. Rating assets
  6. Adding metadata to an asset using a taxonomy
  7. Adding metadata to assets in a workflow
  8. Switching between metric and imperial size measures
  9. Adding a note to an asset
Creating metadata taxonomies

Learn all about creating metadata taxonomies to improve captioning and navigation in your collections.

  1. Taxonomies - the basics
  2. Enabling taxonomies for specific metadata fields
  3. Creating taxonomy content
  4. Managing the behavior of taxonomy items
  5. Planning taxonomy content - strategy guidelines and tips
  6. Syntax for custom taxonomy queries
  7. How to find and use taxonomy items quickly
  8. Example: Creating a taxonomy for a collection of cars
  9. Example: How to make a taxonomy for the City field
  10. Enabling taxonomy navigation in an archive
Working with annotations

Introduction to annotations. How to configure the system to allow users to create them, and how to actually use annotations.

  1. Configuring annotations for use
  2. Creating an annotation
  3. Printing annotations
  4. Giving super users rights to manage annotations

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