Provides access to members that control what happens when synchronization occurs.
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Description
Allowing ArcCatalog to automate the metadata process both minimizes work when creating metadata and ensures that metadata is current with changes in the data set properties
With the automatic updating option enabled (available at the Tools > Options > Metadata Tab), metadata is updated when a user selects a dataset in the ArcCatalog tree view while the Metadata Tab is active. In cases where metadata does not exist, metadata will be created rather than updated. Metadata may also be updated for a currently selected dataset when the Create/Update metadata button is clicked or programmatically by calling the IMetadata::Synchronize method.
Since the 9.0 release, ArcCatalog has shipped with three default metadata synchronizers, the FGDCSynchronizer, the ISOSynchronizer and the GNSynchronizer metadata synchronizer. It is also possible to develop a custom metadata synchronizer. Custom synchronizers must be registered before they can be used. The collection of registered metadata synchronization objects is managed by the synchronization manager. When metadata is synchronized, the synchronization manager passes the data property set to the Update method of each active metadata synchronizer. Each active metadata synchronizer then writes to the data set's metadata. Writing instructions are held within the code for each specific metadata synchronizer.
When To Use
The IMetadataSynchronizer defines the properties of a metadata synchronizer and is used to develop a custom synchronizer. The IMetadataSynchronizer interface and the IMetadataSynchronizerManager are the two interfaces that must be created when developing a custom metadata synchronizer.
Members
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
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ClassID | The class ID of the metadata synchronizer. |
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Name | The name of the metadata synchronizer. |
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Update | Updates the metadata item using the value passed in. |
CoClasses that implement IMetadataSynchronizer
| CoClasses and Classes | Description |
|---|---|
| FGDCSynchronizer | ESRI FGDC Synchronizer object. |
| GNSynchronizer (esriCatalog) | ESRI Geography Network Synchronizer object. |
| MetadataSynchronizer | ESRI Metadata Synchronizer object (singleton). |
Remarks
The IMetadataSynchronizer Interface is available from the MetadataSynchronizer CoClass. The interface defines the properties of a metadata synchronizer and is used to develop a custom synchronizer.
When creating a custom metadata synchronizer, two read-only properties (Name and ClassID) and one method (Update) must be supported.
Additional information on this subject can be found in the Technical Paper "Creating a Custom Metadata Synchronizer", May 2001.