SharePoint metadata
Design and create a document content type in SharePoint
Document content types in SharePoint While SharePoint offers several types of site content types, the two most important content types for document management in SharePoint are used to create: Documents Folders Site content types used to create documents are called document content types, and those for folders, folder content types. Document and folder content types encapsulate the metadata, workflows, policies, and other settings of documents ...
How to create a SharePoint site column
Site columns are used in SharePoint as metadata on documents. Document types in SharePoint are defined through content types. The scope of a site column, that is, the availability of a site column on SharePoint sites, depends on the SharePoint site you create the site column on. The availability of a site column follows the site hierarchy in SharePoint, which means ...
Understanding the basics of content types in SharePoint
Document types and metadata in SharePoint Content types in SharePoint define document types in document management, while site columns in SharePoint define the metadata in document management. Since document types consist of metadata, content types consist of site columns. In SharePoint, a content type always inherits from a base content type. So when you create a content ...
Defining document management metadata in SharePoint
Introduction to SharePoint site columns Site columns are at the core of document management in SharePoint. As mentioned in Defining document types and metadata in an EDRMS, you can use site columns in SharePoint to define metadata and content types to define the document types that make use of site columns. Site columns provide a central and reusable model for defining columns: You can ...
Defining document types and metadata in an EDRMS
Document types Document types describe the document's content in electronic form (such as an image) and the information associated with the document. You can use document types to index and categorize documents in an EDRMS. Indexing information in documents is commonly referred to as metadata. Metadata describes things such as the type of document, the creation date of the document, the filing date ...