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 ====== Metadata Templates ====== ====== Metadata Templates ======
  
-As described in the previous sections, every user of the RDMS can easily add metadata to their objects and collections either via the [[rdms:metadata:metadatawebportal|functionality in the WebApp]] or using [[rdms:metadata:cli|iCommands]]. Described here is another functionality of the web portal related to metadata management: the use of metadata templates.\\+As described in the previous sections, every user of the RDMS can easily add metadata to their objects and collections either via the [[rdms:metadata:metadatawebportal|functionality in the web portal]] or using [[rdms:metadata:cli|iCommands]]. Described here is another functionality of the web portal related to metadata management: the use of metadata templates.\\
 As the name suggests, metadata templates are pre-configured metadata entry forms that the user can define in order to have **a consistent way of recording metadata** for a given data object or collection. For example, you could have a template attached to a collection recording the "Name of the PI", "Starting date", "Publication state", "Funding agency", etc. Such a template could be used to record information on the projects of a research group, such that the same information is always reliably recorded. Another example would be a template attached to a data object recording the "Acquisition method", "Instrument used", "Temperature", "Humidity", "Reagents", "Researcher responsible", or other values. Such a template could be used to record the instrument settings used to obtain the data object.\\ As the name suggests, metadata templates are pre-configured metadata entry forms that the user can define in order to have **a consistent way of recording metadata** for a given data object or collection. For example, you could have a template attached to a collection recording the "Name of the PI", "Starting date", "Publication state", "Funding agency", etc. Such a template could be used to record information on the projects of a research group, such that the same information is always reliably recorded. Another example would be a template attached to a data object recording the "Acquisition method", "Instrument used", "Temperature", "Humidity", "Reagents", "Researcher responsible", or other values. Such a template could be used to record the instrument settings used to obtain the data object.\\
 The advantage of a template over manual entry of metadata is that the user has a pre-defined list of entries. This reduces the risk of forgetting to record a given value or to have objects with different metadata entries, even though they should have been matching. The advantage of a template over manual entry of metadata is that the user has a pre-defined list of entries. This reduces the risk of forgetting to record a given value or to have objects with different metadata entries, even though they should have been matching.