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MetaGrove Developer makes it easy to define the metadata to be embedded in your digital assets, as well as the look and feel of the User Interface.

Schema Editor - define XMP properties
  Define: XMP prefix, namespace, Name (tag), Label(s), Type (Text, Date, Integer, ...), Array attribute (single, bag, seq, Lang Alt), Help text
  Assign Controlled Vocabulary, Open or Closed to user input
  Define Type Structures for nested arrays
  Import and Export Schemas

Controlled Vocabulary Editor - for pull downs
  Define Value-Label pairs - easily supports encoded values with human-readable labels
  Multi-language label support
  Define and test link to external vocabulary - tab delimited format, single language

Dialog Editor - place fields onto a dialog panel
  Position, size and XMP property assignment
  Assign default value, required field
  Define Dynamic Data to be fetched from remote web server
  Up to 15 panels per dialog

The resulting dialog file (.mcr) is used by MetaGrove Plug-ins to access and format the XMP metadata.
  MetaGrove Developer $249.00
  System requirements:
  Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard
  Windows XP or Vista


MetaGrove Benefits:

  • Simplifies and facilitates metadata capture and exchange for improved workflow, increased productivity, and lower costs.
  • Enables fast, easy creation of smart digital assets that retain context when passed across multiple file formats, software applications, devices, and databases.
  • Sets foundation for flexible search and retrieval of rich media across diverse file formats and databases.
  • Enables rapid repurposing of digital assets.

MetaGrove Features:

  • The MetaGrove system is structured for an enterprise with one metadata specialist that uses MetaGrove Developer to define and implement XMP schemas as MetaGrove dialogs, and many creative content specialists that use MetaGrove Plug-ins directly in their Adobe Creative application(s)
  • Custom metadata Schemas. Choose from industry standard schemas, create your own, or create a combination.
  • Controlled Vocabulary. Controlled vocabularies are typically contained inside the Dialog (.mcr) file. Optionally, a vocabulary can be an external, tab delimited file, either local or remote.
  • Help Tags and Tool Tips. Mouse-over accessible explanation fields increase the speed and accuracy of metadata capture.
  • Required Fields. Optional required fields ensure that all essential metadata is captured.
  • Auto-Complete. Fields with commonly used values are automatically filled with just a few keystrokes, increasing the consistency, speed and accuracy of metadata capture.
  • Dynamic Data Support. Optionally query a web server to complete fields based upon the contents other fields in the panel.
  • Default Values. A optional default value can be specified for each field in the dialog.
  • Data Validation. Default, and optional additional, validation is evaluated as the user completes a field entry. An alert message advises correction details. Invalid metadata is never saved.


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