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What are the metadata import options?
During implementation and afterwards, you can import metadata and add it to DAM assets. You have a few options to do this.
Paid service
Self service
Acquia offers a metadata import service for purchase. You work directly with Acquia teams to create and import metadata mapped appropriately for your site. Read more about the metadata import service process.
When assets are uploaded, segments of filenames are associated with metadata values, which populate the fields. If you have a standard filenaming convention, we can create a script that automatically maps the metadata to metadata fields when assets are uploaded. Note that there's an additional fee to populate metadata from filenames.
For more complex filenames, metadata can be mapped to specific values indicated in an XLS spreadsheet. For example, a filename can contain acronyms, a job number, and a date. In this case, the acronyms can be mapped to the full phrase and the full phrase is placed in the metadata field. The job number and date are also mapped to those metadata fields.
For example, for filename 1134_BRN_12142020_PJK, metadata mapping would be:
If you have permission, you can import metadata from a CSV spreadsheet into your DAM using the metadata importer tool.
In some cases, like when you're integrating the DAM with a web content management system, metadata may need to be continuously imported to the DAM. This can be done using the API, which allows you to write your own methods to dynamically update metadata in the DAM in real time. Your team can choose how frequently metadata updates are made.
Digital photographers can add metadata to XMP, IPTC, or Exif metadata fields or you can enter metadata in the fields of other types of assets using apps like Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, or Photoshop. That metadata can be automatically imported into the DAM and completed fields can be mapped to specific metadata fields in the site.
For information about adding metadata using Adobe Bridge, refer to:
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