Document Type Editor – overview

In the Document Type Editor, you assign values to metadata, and specify in which contexts to use the metadata.

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Document type editor

 

Settings	Description
Context drop-down list	Selects context to display. See Document type contexts.
Metadata groups	All metadata groups added to the document type.
	Displays document type information: • Document type name. • Document type revision. • Document type GUID (if enabled in View > Export GUIDs).
	Validates metadata. Checks if metadata with identical names is assigned to the document type.

Value assignments table

See Document Type Editor – metadata values and Document Type Editor – contexts.

Metadata value section

See Document Type Editor – metadata values.

Tools menu commands

The Tools menu includes the commands described in the table below.

Command	Description
Validate Metadata	Checks if metadata with identical names are assigned to the document type.

View menu commands

The View menu includes the commands described in the table below.

Command	Description
Toolbar	Enables the toolbar.
Status Bar	Enables the status bar.
Export GUIDs	Displays the document type and metadata GUIDs in the editor.

Document Type Metadata tab

On this tab you assign values to the metadata (see Document Type Editor – metadata values) and specify the context settings for the metadata (see Document Type Editor – contexts).

Sample Resource tab

On this tab you assign sample files to the document type. The sample data in the files is used when previewing documents in StreamStudio. See Document Type Editor – sample files.