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page) or evaluated on-the-fly (e.g. the number of documents in a group). Attributes are non-repetitive
(i.e. name is unique) and do not persist through Metadata recreation.
When the Metadata file is viewed through "The Data Selector" on page713, the Attributes are listed
under Production information (see "Metadata tab" on page715).
The Metadata Attributes can be categorized as either Production, Finishing or Index/Count.
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Production attributes describe the production of the job and/or Metadata (e.g. path and name of
the data file, date at which Metadata was created, etc.)
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Finishing attributes describe the finishing intent (e.g. page dimensions, page orientation, duplex
mode, etc.).
Note: The presence of some finishing attributes depends on the PlanetPress Design doc-
ument and target device used when producing the job.
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Index/Count attributes are not part of the original Metadata file. They are evaluated dynamically,
based on the content of the Metadata.
Note: Metadata Index/Count values are one-based when viewed in the user interface: the
first element in any collection has an index of 1 and the last element's index corresponds to
the collection's length. However, in the API and in Metadata selections, they are zero-
based: the first element in any collection has an index of 0 and the last element's index cor-
responds to the collection's length minus 1. This means the zero-based value has to be
used when retrieving Metadata (see also: "Metadata selections" on page52 and "Rule
Interface" on page727).
In the following table, the last 5 columns indicate at which level the corresponding attribute is available.
This also depends on the type of job, however.
Note: In the Metadata file created for an OL Connect job:
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Only three levels are filled with actual data about the job: Job, Group and Document.
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Only Index and Count attributes are used.
Attribute Description Category Job Group Document Datapage Page
DataEncoding
(optional) Name of the
character encoding.
Production X X X
DataFile
(optional) Path and name
of the data file used by the
PlanetPress Design Docu-
ment.
Production X X X
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