Chapter 25
Content Types and Metadata
In This Chapter
Differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic metadata
Understanding metadata and term stores
Adding your own personal touches
Getting familiar with content types
Using and reusing site columns
Metadata is typically defined as data about data. But that sounds much more technical than it really is because “data” can take the form of any information or content. For any information, or any set of information (or content object in SharePoint), there are things you can say about it, and the stuff you can say about it is metadata. Attributes, labels, characteristics, location, and types are all examples of metadata.
So if metadata is information about content and SharePoint is a content management system, why did it take me ’til Chapter 25 to talk about metadata? Well, the reality is that you can happily use SharePoint without giving much thought to metadata. But if you want to get the most of your content, using metadata to manage ...
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