Document types are used to categorize documents, for example as invoices, orders, etc. For each document type, a number of metadata can be specified, for example, invoice number, customer name, etc. Metadata is used, for example, when searching for documents from StreamStudio Collector or when writing personalized marketing messages in StreamStudio Composition Center. The document types and metadata are configured in Design Center.
The document types (including the metadata) must be stored in StreamServe Enterprise Repository, in the runtime repository, and in the Collector archive (if StreamStudio Collector is used). The enterprise repository contains the “master document types”, to which the other repositories should comply.