====== Handling meta-data ======

Sometimes, a picture does //not// say more than a 1000 words, and your slide presentation can benefit from additional textual annotation.

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In PMA.slidebox, this can be done through an interplay with [[:core_slidebox|PMA.core]].

If you prefer an interactive walk-through, the procedure is [[https://youtu.be/GFXogcpVHR0?t=160||illustrated in our online video tutorial]] as well.

You start by going to PMA.core and define a form that will hold your slide meta-data.

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Fill out some general data about the form, then add your fields.

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Once you have a form defined, you can prepare a fill-out sheet.

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When you have your folder divided in subfolders to [[slides_cases|organize your cases]], make sure to check to include “slides in subfolders”.

After you download the spreadsheet, you see something like this:

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Fill out the sheet, and upload it again to PMA.core. You can confirm in the PMA.core user interface that your meta-data were parsed correctly:

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After selecting the file and pressing the upload button, you can follow along as the meta-data gets populated.

Next, you go back to the PMA.slidebox configuration and point to the form as it is retrieved from PMA.core.

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Now your public website is as you want it. As before, you can notify end-users via email or instant messaging that you updated the website. 

The URL is the only piece of information that you need to share a collection with people. You can also refer to it from other websites with a simple hyperlink.

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Interested in learning more about meta-data in PMA.core and the types we support? [[https://realdat.pathomation.com/how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/|We have a separate blog article on this subject]].