Metadata is an integral part of any SharePoint document management system and classifying content correctly is key to being able to find it. Microsoft’s next wave in the collaboration stakes is Project Cortex. At the heart of this, is value added data. Completing the metadata classification in SharePoint can be a cumbersome process, especially if […]
Live Metadata – a substitute for Word SharePoint Property Panel
Metadata is at the heart of SharePoint and for those knowledge authors that heavily classify their content or those who have built a quality system in SharePoint, the reliance on good metadata and taxonomies is critical to driving value on a platform like SharePoint. What is Live Metadata? Live Metadata is a substitute for the […]
Help! Excel Ate My SharePoint Metadata!
During testing of our latest product – Live Metadata, I ran into some unexpected behaviour in Excel. When a previously opened spreadsheet had its metadata modified from within SharePoint, I found that upon re-opening the spreadsheet from SharePoint the values mysteriously changed back!?!? Needless to say, this was puzzling. It appeared as if Excel was […]