Today’s knowledge managers know that a document is more than just the visible words and images. Properties such as “author”, “title”, “edit history” and other descriptive metadata are valuable elements for describing a document and are needed for effective document management. Relying on content creators to add metadata is difficult to enforce, time-consuming and prone to errors.

Automating the embedding of custom metadata – such as “document type”, “project number” and other properties – ensures that a document can be properly self-described to accelerate rapid and pinpoint retrieval of documents from repositories and archives. By integrating Adlib software into their document workflow, organizations can automate the preservation, insertion or even removal of metadata according to specific business requirements.