Provides access to members that manage and update metadata.
Members
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
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Metadata | The PropertySet containing metadata. |
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Synchronize | Updates metadata with the current properties; may create metadata if it doesn't already exist. |
CoClasses that implement IMetadata
| CoClasses and Classes | Description |
|---|---|
| CadDrawingName | Cad Drawing Name object |
| CoverageFeatureClassName | Maintains ArcInfo Coverage Feature Class information. |
| CoverageName | Maintains ArcInfo Coverage information. |
| FeatureClassName | ESRI Feature Class Name object. |
| FeatureDatasetName | ESRI Feature Dataset Name object. |
| GeometricNetwork | ESRI Geometric Network object. |
| GeometricNetworkName | ESRI Geometric Network Name object. |
| GxCadDataset | A Cad Feature Class or Drawing dataset. |
| GxCoverageDataset | A Coverage, Feature Class or Info Table dataset. |
| GxDatabase | A database. |
| GxDataset | A dataset. |
| GxDiskConnection | A disk connection. |
| GxFile | A file. |
| GxFolder | A folder. |
| GxLayer | A layer. |
| GxMap | A map. |
| GxMetadata | An XML file. |
| GxPCCoverage | A PC Coverage. |
| GxPrjFile | A PRJ file. |
| GxSDCDataset | A GxObject that represents a SDC feature class. |
| GxShapefileDataset | A Shapefile Feature Class or DBase Table. |
| GxShortcut | A shortcut to a GxObject. |
| GxSurvey (esriSurveyCoreExt) | GxSurvey Class |
| GxSurveyDataset (esriSurveyCoreExt) | GxSurveyDataset Class |
| GxSurveyFolder (esriSurveyCoreExt) | GxSurveyFolder Class |
| GxTextFile | Text file object. |
| GxVpfDataset | A VPF Feature Class. |
| IMSFeatureClass | IMS Feature Class. |
| IMSFeatureService | IMS Feature Service. |
| IMSImageMap | IMS Image Map. |
| IMSMetadataService | IMS Metadata Service. |
| IMSMetadataServiceName | IMS Metadata Service Name. |
| IMSServiceName | IMS Service Name. |
| ObjectClassName | ESRI Object Class Name object. |
| RasterBand | A representation of a single band of a raster dataset on disk. |
| RasterBandName | A container for name information about a raster band. |
| RasterDataset | A representation of a raster dataset on disk. |
| RasterDatasetName | A container for name information about a raster dataset. |
| RelationshipClassName | ESRI Relationship Class Name object. |
| SearchResults | A search result. |
| TableName | ESRI Table Name object. |
| Tin | TIN. |
| Tin (esriTinExt) | TIN. |
| TinName | TIN Dataset Name object. |
| Topology | ESRI Topology Object. |
| TopologyName | ESRI Topology Name Object. |
Remarks
The IMetadata interface is implemented by the GxMetadata object and all other objects that support metadata (the bulk of GxObject types). Use this interface when you want to access the set of metadata associated with an object or you want to create new metadata for the object.