Chapter 3. Metadata

Welcome back! You're almost done building the foundation of your Content Server expertise. In fact, you're just two chapters away — this one and the next one, on security. You will then have a full and clear picture of what Oracle UCM is all about and how you can get the most value out of it.

We will look at the types of metadata available in the system and how to put them to good use. You will learn to find information quickly, and how to customize your Content Server screens without programming. More specifically, you will learn:

• How to use standard and custom metadata — a major ingredient among UCM's critical success factors that can spell both "success" and "disaster" in your organization
• How to quickly customize Check In, Content Info, and Search screens without coding, and how to work dependent choice lists (allowing you to complete even advanced customizations without writing a single line of code)
• How Content Server stores metadata in the database — a bit of insider knowledge that will make many of your complex development, data migration, and code generation tasks a piece of cake

That's right. This will be another easy chapter. Let's begin by looking in the metadata.