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CONTENT METADATA SERVICE FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL CONTENT

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by a content transfer service of a content management system and from a source system, a first content file comprising first content and first content metadata, the first content metadata being stored in a first format, processing the first content file using a set of metadata retrieval definitions to extract file-type-specific metadata from the first content metadata and map at least a portion of the file-type-specific metadata to a first uniform content metadata file having a second format that is different from the first format, each metadata retrieval definition comprising a computer-executable, declarative procedure, and transferring, by the content transfer service, the first content file and the first uniform content metadata file to a target system, the target system consuming the content at least partially based on the first uniform content metadata file.