Passing Metadata to PDF Output
Once defined in the .style stylesheet, metadata is generated when publishing to PDF format with that stylesheet. A single set of metadata will be generated for the whole PDF document, although the metadata can be defined for any context or condition in the stylesheet. The metadata will be displayed in the Document Properties dialog box for the PDF document. The standard metadata items Title, Author, Subject, and Keywords will be displayed in the Description tab of the dialog box, whilst all other items, including user defined metadata types, will be retained in the Custom tab.
The procedure defined below describes how to define metadata for a PDF document published from the transport.xml sample document, located at Arbortext-path/samples/styler.
Example: Creating metadata for a PDF document
1. In Arbortext Editor, click > to open the sample document's associated stylesheet for edit. This is a read only stylesheet so you will need to save a local copy in order to make changes.
2. Select the Print/PDF option in the Outputs to edit field.
3. In the Elements list, select the book everywhere context.
You can select any context or condition here - any metadata defined for the document will be output in the Document Properties dialog box of the final PDF document, regardless of the context or condition for which it is defined in the stylesheet.
4. Navigate to the Generated text category for the element, then click the Edit button next to the Before-text field. The Generated Text Editor opens.
5. In the Generated Text Editor, choose the > > menu option to open the Insert Metadata dialog box. Check the Static option and select Author from the list of standard metadata types. Note that you can also type a name of your own in this field.
6. Click OK to exit the dialog box. Arbortext Styler inserts a Meta tag, with MetaName and MetaValue children. The MetaName field contains the name of the metadata type you selected in the previous step.
7. In the MetaValue field, type the value for the Author metadata type.
You can also elect to generate the value of the MetaValue field programmatically. For example, if your book contained keywords, you could create metadata whose value is made up of a list of their values. Enter the Keywords metadata type in the MetaName field, then use the > menu option in the MetaName field to insert all occurrences of the keyword element from the book into the field. In this instance Arbortext Styler will extract the content of each keyword element and insert them in the MetaValue field wrapped in an _sfe:CollectionItem element, creating a comma separated list of keywords for the book.
8. Place your cursor after the Meta tag, and choose a second > > action. This time, check the Dynamic option in the Insert Metadata dialog box and click OK. Arbortext Styler inserts a Meta tag again, this time with both MetaName and MetaValue tags blank.
9. In the MetaName tag, type the metadata type Booktitle. This is not a default or standard metadata type for PDF, but Arbortext Styler permits the inclusion of user-defined metadata types.
10. In the MetaValue tag, choose the > menu option. In the Insert Element Content dialog box, configure the following settings:
◦ Select the By name and occurrence-within-ancestor option
◦ In the Name field, select the element title
◦ In the Occurrence field, select 1st
◦ In the Within field, select the element book
◦ In the Insert field, select the Only content option
Here you have specified that the value of the Booktitle metadata type will be set to the title of the book element.
Click OK to exit the dialog box - Arbortext Styler enters an ElementContent tag into the MetaValue field.
11. Choose > to exit the Generated Text Editor. The Before-text field now contains _gte:Meta, _gte:MetaName, and _gte: MetaValue tags defining the metadata settings you made.
12. If your stylesheet is set to publish print or PDF via FOSI, choose the > menu option to generate a preview of your final document. This will ensure that
Arbortext Styler updates the
.genfos file associated with your stylesheet with the changes you have made, thus ensuring that the metadata settings are passed to the publishing engine. See
Saving Stylesheets for information on saving a
.genfos file.
13. In
Arbortext Editor, choose > > . In the
Stylesheet field of the
Publish to PDF File dialog box (see
Publish to PDF File dialog box), ensure your stylesheet is selected. Click
OK to start the publishing process.
14. Once publishing is complete, open the output PDF file. Access its Document Properties dialog box by clicking > in the Acrobat menu.
15. Click on the Description tab if it not already active, and note that the Author field contains the value you set.
16. Click on the Custom tab, and note that the Custom Properties field contains an entry for Booktitle. The value of the entry is “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Modern Transportation”, which is the title of the original transport.xml document.
Include Custom XMP Metadata in PDF Output
You can reference a custom XMP file from your stylesheet, and specify that its metadata should be included in PDF output. This option is available if you are publishing PDF output with the APP engine.
To reference a custom XMP metadata file:
2. Save your XMP metadata file (.xmp) to a location that can be referenced by your stylesheet.
3. Open the APP PDF configuration file (.appcf) that you are using to manage your PDF publishing actions.
4. Navigate to this element in the file:
> >
5. Set the value of the xmpMetadata attribute for the element to the path to your custom XMP file, for example xmpMetadata=”D:\test.xmp”. Save the file.
6. Publish your document to PDF output.
7. The metadata defined in the XMP file is included as metadata for the PDF file. For example, you can open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat and navigate to this path to view the XMP metadata:
> > > >
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Custom XMP metadata is merged with system generated XMP metadata and other document properties configured in the stylesheet. The custom XMP metadata will be overridden if the other two contain the same entries.
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