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SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Vanessa L. Williams
July 2012
Beginner
504 pages
10h 54m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 25

Content Types and Metadata

In This Chapter

arrow Differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic metadata

arrow Understanding metadata and term stores

arrow Adding your own personal touches

arrow Getting familiar with content types

arrow 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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