Editing EPrints Glossary (section)

=== Metadata field ===
A [[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields|metadata field]], sometimes shortened to '''metafield''' (or even just ''field'') is part of a [[#Data object|data object]] and store a particular piece of pieces of information for that data object.  Metadata fields have different [[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Metadata Field Types|types]] and have different types of properties roughly broken down into the following categories:
* '''[[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Core Properties|Core]]''' - This includes the ''name'', aforementioned ''type'', whether it should have ''multiple'' values and whether to add an SQL index for it.
* '''[[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Rendering Properties|Rendering]]''' - This includes how the render the metadata field within [[#Abstract page|abstract pages]], [[#Browse view|browse views]] and search results, where applicable.
* '''[[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Input and Validation Properties|Input and validation]]''' -  This includes how to display the input for the metadata field within a [[#Workflow|workflow]] and any additional functionality to how this field is used of subsequently validated.
* '''[[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Ordering, Indexing and Searching|Ordering, indexing and searching]]''' - Whether the metadata field should be included in [[#EPrints repository software|EPrints repository software]]'s full-text indexing and how the data object can be ordered or search over using this field.
* '''[[:Category:EPrints_Metadata_Fields#Other Properties|Other]]''' - Miscellaneous properties, such as whether the metadata field's value(s) should be copied across to a cloned version of the data object or be able to be set through an import.  Also, whether the field its value should appear in various management pages within the [[#Repository|repository]] or in exports.