These properties are called „metadata“ and provide information such as „keywords, copyrights, and contributors“ of an item. This entire set of properties is optional and is usually used only if there are special requirements for this piece of content, especially because this information isn‘t normally shown to the person viewing the content. The main reason for entering this data is to add information for tasks such as searching or categorising the content.

You can access properties on an object by selecting the grey properties tab. This properties form has the following fields, which are common to all content types:

Keywords: Each item can have keywords assigned to it to enable grouping and sorting of the items. For example, an article about recent events in 2006 may have the keywords workshops and 2006. Keywords are flexible, and you can use any keyword from the given list. By default there are no keywords in the Plone system; site administrators may add new keywords so that other users can select them.

Contributors: Persons responsible for making contributions to the content of this item. Please enter a list of user names, one per line.

Creators: Persons responsible for creating the content of this item. Please enter a list of user names, one per line. The principal creator should come first.

Effective Date: The effective date is the first day a piece of content should be available. You can specify this date by entering the values in the form or clicking the little calendar icon, which opens a calendar the select a date

Expiration Date: The expiration date is the last day a piece of content should be available. Usually the Effective Date and Expiration Date fields are left blank.

Language: Common use is Language neutral (site default)

Copyright: A list of copyright info for this content