8.7

The Metadata tab in the properties of a PlanetPress Design document allows to easily define
documents or groups.
Metadata fields
The Metadata Fields in the structure of a PlanetPress Design document allow to easily define
documents or groups, by dragging and dropping data from the Sample Data directly onto the
document's Metadata Fields.
Data Repository
The Data Repository is a permanent structure to store data that can then be reused, modified or
augmented at a later time, by different processes.
This feature was introduced in version 8.5.
The Data Repository is especially useful in situations where data needs to be kept in between
processes. A few examples:
l An HTTP-based authentication process, once it has validated user credentials, could
store session information (unique ID, user name, session starting time) into the repository.
All other related processes could then look into the repository to determine if a new
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