Starting from Switch 10 new metadata feature was implemented: dependent metadata fields. Due to this the metadata format had been changed.
In order to keep compatibility with previous versions it was decided to extend existing SOAP calls with additional field containing metadata in new format.
The metadata is stored in the following format:
<ValueDescription Type="metadatafields"> <<Fields list>> </ValueDescription>
Where <<Fields list>> is a list of xml tags in format:
<FieldID @Format @LocalizedTagName @Subtype @Tooltip @Type @ReadOnly @ValueIsRequired @Editor @FormatEditor @DisplayField @RememberLastValue @Dependency @Dependencyvalue>Default value</spMF_1>
When metadata came from Switch to Client tag contains default field value.
| Attribute | Description |
| FieldID | Identification of the field, generated automatically by Switch |
| LocalizedTagName | Name of field displayed on UI |
| Tooltip | Tooltip of the field |
| Type | Type of field. Possible values are: - bool (Yes/No value) - enum (drop down list) - string (text edit) - date (datetime) - number (number edit) - password (password edit) - time (hours and minutes) |
| Subtype | Always “inline” |
| Editor | Always “inline” |
| Format | Indicates format of the field input. Actual only for “string” and “number” Types. It should be regular expression |
| FormatEditor | Specifies format of editor. Possible values are “inline” if format set as string and “regexp” if format is regular expression. Used only when modifying metadata fotmat |
| ReadOnly | Indicates if field is readonly. Possible values are “Yes”/”No” |
| ValueIsRequired | Indicates if field is mandatory or not. Possible values are “Yes”/”No” |
| DisplayField | Indicates if field should be shown on UI. Possible values are “Yes”/”No” |
| RememberLastValue | Indicates that Metadata editor should remember value entered last time, and provide it as default value. Possible values are “Yes”/”No” |
| Dependency | If field has this attribute it means that current field is a child of field specified in Dependency attribute |
| Dependencyvalue | This attribute specifies that current field will be displayed only when parent field has given value |
Sample metadata:
<ValueDescription Type="metadatafields">
<spMF_1 Format="[0-9]{5}" LocalizedTagName="Customer Code" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="Please enter the customer code.

e.g. 00234

" Type="string" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="Yes" Editor="inline" FormatEditor="regexp" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_1>
<spMF_2 Format="" Dependencyvalue="00123" LocalizedTagName="Publication" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="" Type="enum:TravelMagazine;NewsToday;" Dependency="spMF_1" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="inline" FormatEditor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_2>
<spMF_3 Format="" Dependencyvalue="00123" LocalizedTagName="Color" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="Output color" Type="enum:B&W;CMYK only;CMYK + Spot" Dependency="spMF_1" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="inline" FormatEditor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No">CMYK only</spMF_3>
<spMF_4 LocalizedTagName="Express Print" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="" Type="bool" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_4>
<spMF_5 Format="" Dependencyvalue="Yes" LocalizedTagName="Timing" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="" Type="enum:Same day;Next day;3 day;" Dependency="spMF_4" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="inline" FormatEditor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_5>
<spMF_10 Format="" Dependencyvalue="No" LocalizedTagName="Process date" Subtype="calendardate" Tooltip="" Type="date" Dependency="spMF_4" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="calendardate" FormatEditor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_10>
<spMF_9 LocalizedTagName="Hard copy request" Subtype="inline" Tooltip="" Type="bool" ReadOnly="No" ValueIsRequired="No" Editor="inline" DisplayField="Yes" RememberLastValue="No"></spMF_9>
</ValueDescription>