[Zope-CMF] add Metadata element to existing types

[Tres Seaver]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Siegfried Stepke wrote:

>
> Thanks a lot Tim for your help!
>
> As a zope/cmf newbie that goes far beyond my current skills :-(
>
> I'm somewhat astonished to find features in the metadata tool (adding
> elements) which are for no use and don't lead to the function one would
> think and need...

The tool represents a way to capture policies;  the decision about
when to enforce the policies needs to vary on a site-by-site basis,
which means that it can't be automatic.

Imagine that you have a site where untrained users create content,
perhaps via WebDAV, and then submit it to "librarians" who add or
correct the metadata:  in such a site, any user-supplied metadata
is only "hints" to the librarian, and the tool should not enforce
any "required" fields.  The workflow on such a site would block the
publication of the content if the metadata policies were not satisfied,
but should allow users to add and submit content without enforcing them.

> I just spent a lot of time in learning and searching for information but
> have to say that the learning curve is somewhat weird: simple solutions
> are quite easy - but as soon as you need something specific you get to
> limits: not because of the technology but the lack of proper information
> or not so good implementation...
>
> For the actual problem I wonder, if this meta data thing is a bug that
> will be fixed in the near future (didn't find anything about it in the
> tracking system) or if this is just like it is (for any or no reason)?

Documenting a moving framework is a challenging task;  we are always
glad to have community-contributed documentation to help with this
task (how-tos, etc.)

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