Metadata

The metadata section of a document specification contains non-editable data generated by Rational® Publishing Engine meant to serve for informational purposes and editable data meant to configure the document generation.

The following table describes the non-editable and editable metadata properties.

Property Description Editable
Date The date when the document specification was created. No
Time The time when the document specification was created. No
Machine The machine name on which the document specification was created. No
client The application used to create the document specification. No
Build The build number of the application used to create the document specification. No
Data_formatting Flag controlling how RPE mixes template and data source formatting:
  • Mixed - mixes source and template formatting.
  • Source - discards template formatting preserving data source formatting only.
  • Template - discards source formatting preserving data source formatting only.
Yes
Missing data text This property allows customizing the text used by RPE when a data attribute is not found in the data source. Default is <data attribute not found>. Yes
Data_pattern The format in which dates are to be rendered in the output. Yes
Output_locale The output locale to be used (for default date formats) if it needs to be different from the system's locale. Yes
Image max width The maximum width of all images in the output documents. Yes
Image max height The maximum height of all images in the output documents. Yes
OLEs as static images Flag controlling how RPE handles OLES: - True – OLEs reach the output as static images - False – for Word output only OLEs are preserved in the output. Yes
pre-command The pre-command helps to prepare the data before the publishing the document specification. Yes
post command The post-command helps to prepare the data before the publishing the document specification. Yes
Note: None of the metadata properties are mandatory.

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