Custom Metadata in Bridge CS5

Greetings,
I have been using bridge to organize photos and other assets that already have their own set of metadata that I do not want to change. Is there any way to add my own panel or information so it is distictly separate. The information I want to put in here would only be relevant to the company I am working for, for example, perhaps we use different words to describe something in the image. Is it possible to add such a thing? Perhaps I have to work with what is already in the photo? What kind of strategies do you use for this?

Yea, I looked at that. The problem is when there is already exisiting data in there, I don't want to contaminate it with my own. There should be a way to make a custom tab so custom info could be added all in one place. That way I could keep my data separate from existing data that may already be in the file and be able to access it all in one spot.
I guess, if that's all there is, I'll just have to weed my info into it some how. Ultimatly, search doesn't care ware it is, if the info is there it will find it. I was just looking for a way to isolate our data.
Maybe Adobe will add a feature to do that some day as people begin to realize how important DAM is.

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Tai Lao wrote:
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Message was edited by: Yammer P

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