How to access hidden metadata in MediaBin 4.5.3

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We have images that are currently being loaded into MediaBin however, there is metadata which is hidden. If I retreive the asset from the repository with the (Get Original) task, the image still has the hidden metadata. When I load that image into other applications such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Expression Media, I can see that metadata.

I’ve attached a picture with the metadata that we need, it’s called “Event.”

How can we access this hidden metadata both from the MediaBin Client interface and also from the API?

Stacy

lyman

The "hidden" metadata will have been encoded into the XMP packet which MediaBin preserves intact and also it parses out a subset into individual fields. The documentation gives steps for configuring custom XMP mappings (fortunately introduced in 4.5.3!) to expose fields not exposed by default. There is a file called xmpmapping.xml which is used to track the changes and you would set up a custom metadata field to hold the result. You can decide at configuration time if you want a piece of data to be read only or read-write with respect to the XMP data.

Cheers,

Lyman Hurd