A Metadata Support File is a file that provides product and/or asset information used by Daz Studio to control how and where a file is presented to the user.

A Metadata Support File is an XML file which typically resides within the Content/Runtime/Support directory of a package, or the ./Runtime/Support directory within a mapped content directory. This file provides product and/or asset information used by Daz Studio to control how and where a file is presented to the user.

<ContentDBInstall VERSION="1.0" >
	<Products>
	    <Product VALUE="Product Name" >
	        <StoreID VALUE="StoreID" />
	        <GlobalID VALUE="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" />
	        <ProductToken VALUE="12345" />
	        <Description><![CDATA[description text goes here]]></Description>
	        <Artists>
	            <Artist VALUE="Artist Name" />
	        </Artists>
	        <Assets>
	            <Asset VALUE="/Relative/Path/To/SomeUserFacingFile.ext" >
	                <Description><![CDATA[description text goes here]]></Description>
	                <ContentType VALUE="/Path/of/Content/Type" />
	                <Audience VALUE="Teens" />
	                <Categories>
	                    <Category VALUE="/Path/of/Category" />
	                </Categories>
	                <Compatibilities>
	                    <Compatibility VALUE="/Path/to/Compatibility/Base" />
	                </Compatibilities>
	                <CompatibilityBase VALUE="/Path/of/Compatibility/Base" />
	                <Tags>
	                    <Tag VALUE="keyword" />
	                    <Tag VALUE="ArtistName" />
	                </Tags>
	                <Userwords>
	                    <Userword VALUE="keyword" />
	                </Userwords>
	                <UserNotes><![CDATA[notes text goes here]]></UserNotes>
	            </Asset>
	        </Assets>
	        <SupportAssets VALUE="/Runtime/Support/ProductName.dsx">
	            <SupportAsset VALUE="/Relative/Path/To/SomeNonUserFacingFile.ext" />
	        </SupportAssets>
	        <ObjectCompatibilities>
	            <ObjectCompatibility VALUE="URI" REF="/Path/of/Object/SceneId" />
	        </ObjectCompatibilities>
	    </Product>
	</Products>
</ContentDBInstall>

• ContentDBInstall - This element is expected at the root of the document. It identifies the contents of the file as being one which provides information about a product to Daz Studio.
  • VERSION - The version number of the structure and formatting of the file—i.e., 1.0.
  • This element is required.

• Products - This element is expected as a child of the ContentDBInstall element.
  • Encapsulates a list of one or more individual products.
  • This element is required.

• Product - This element is expected as a child of the Products element.
  • Each product represents a specific collection of files.
  • This element is required per unique product.

• StoreID - This element is expected as a child of a Product element.
  • VALUE - Defines the sequence of characters that identify the source (store) for the product.
    • The value specified must exist in the content database before the metadata in the encompassing product is imported/installed; see the Add Store Id scripting sample.
      • If the value specified does not exist in the database prior to importing/installing the data, the data is associated with the “LOCAL USER” store instead.
    • The “DAZ 3D” identifier is reserved for use by Daz 3D proper.
  • This element is optional.
    • If this element is missing, the “LOCAL USER” store is assumed.

• GlobalID - This element is expected as a child of a Product element.
  • VALUE - Defines a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID), which is used to uniquely and globally identify the product within the ecosystem.
    • Consists of 32 Hexadecimal digits grouped in sets of 8, 4, 4, 4, and 12.
      • Each set of characters is separated by a single hyphen.
    • Once a GUID has been assigned to a product, that product should maintain that GUID throughout its entire life cycle.
    • The value 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 is reserved for “User Data.”
  • This element is optional.
    • If this element is missing or invalid, the “LOCAL USER” product is assumed.

• ProductToken - This element is expected as a child of a Product element.
  • VALUE - Defines the identifier used by the store (defined in StoreID) to identify the product.
    • This value is used for local relational queries, and for constructing the URL for the product; see DzProductAssetContainer::getURL().
  • This element is optional.

• Description - This element is expected as a child of a Product element, or an Asset element.
  • CDATA - This value is used to display a message about the Product or Asset to the end user of the application.
  • This element is optional.

• Artists - This element is expected as a child of a Product element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual contributing artist names.
  • This element is optional.

• Artist - This element is expected as a child of an Artists element.
  • VALUE - The name of the contributing artist.
  • This element is optional.

• Assets - This element is expected as a child of a Product element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual user-facing assets.

• Asset - This element is expected as a child of an Assets element.
  • VALUE - The relative path of any user-facing file.
    • The value specified is expected to be relative to any mapped base content directory.
  • This element is required per user-facing file.

• ContentType - This element is expected as a child of an Assets element.
  • VALUE - Specifies a value from Content Types.
  • This element is optional.

• Audience - This element is expected as a child of an Assets element.
  • VALUE - Asset classification for the intended audience (i.e. Children/Teens/Adults)
  • This element is optional.
    • If this element is missing, the highest audience is assumed.

• Categories - This element is expected as a child of an Asset element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual categories.

• Category - This element is expected as a child of a Categories element.
  • VALUE - The relative (to root) category path.
    • Consists of a slash (“/”) delimited hierarchical string used for progressive filtering.
  • See Default Categories.
  • This element is optional.

• Compatibilities - This element is expected as a child of an Asset element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual compatibilities.
  • This element is optional.

• Compatibility - This element is expected as a child of a Compatibilities element.
  • VALUE - Specifies a CompatibilityBase for an asset that this asset is compatible with.
    • Consists of a slash (“/”) delimited hierarchical string used for progressive filtering.
      • A “#” can be used in place of the last “/” followed by trailing text to denote use of an additional filter.
    • This element is optional.

• CompatibilityBase - This element is expected as a child of an Assets element.
  • VALUE - Specifies the CompatibilityBase for this asset, and allows other assets to indicate compatibility with this asset.
    • Consists of a slash (“/”) delimited hierarchical string used for progressive filtering.
      • A “#” can be used in place of the last “/” followed by trailing text to denote use of an additional filter.
    • This element is optional.

• Tags - This element is expected as a child of an Asset element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual keywords.
  • This element is optional.

• Tag - This element is expected as a child of a Tags element.
  • VALUE -
  • This element is optional.

• Userwords - This element is expected as a child of an Asset element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual user keywords.
  • This element is optional.

• Userword - This element is expected as a child of a Userwords element.
  • VALUE -
  • This element is optional.

• UserNotes - This element is expected as a child of an Assets element.
  • CDATA -
  • This element is optional.

• SupportAssets - This element is expected as a child of a Product element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual support assets.
  • VALUE - The relative path of the file that contains this metadata information.

• SupportAsset - This element is expected as a child of a SupportAssets element.
  • VALUE - The relative path of any non-user-facing file.
    • The value specified is expected to be relative to any mapped base content directory.
  • This element is optional.

• ObjectCompatibilities - This element is expected as a child of a Product element. It encapsulates a list of one or more individual object compatibilities.

• ObjectCompatibility - This element is expected as a child of an ObjectCompatibilities element.
  • VALUE -
  • REF -