Keywords in FCE

I am in the process of learning FCE after having used iMovie for a few years. In iMovie you could tag video with keywords. Then you could easily search all video via your keywords. This is similar to the ways keywords are also used in Aperture and iPhoto.
Is there anything like this in FCE? I can't find anything about keywords in the documentation or this discussion forum.
Thanks for any assistance.
Jim

Bonjour,
Thanks for your suggestions. I looked at the many comment columns available in FCE. I could use them but they don't let you do what keywords provide in iMovie. In iMovie you can apply keywords to parts of video. For example, I apply keywords based on family members - Jim, Julie, Steve, etc. If I do this to all my video then I can simply select all video with Steve. I have found this useful when working on video projects. There is no limit to the number of keywords you can apply and hence search on.
After more searching it appears there is no similiar feature in FCE. I have decided to import all my 'raw' video into iMovie and apply keywords there. Then do all my video project work in FCE.
Thanks again for you help.
Jim

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Just a small report, on how upgrading a client's LR 2 catalog went ...
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I just report my experience I had, with a photgrapher (sic), who needs a (sic) proper asset management.
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Dear Mr. Webster
I think when you post, you should definitely change your tone. Julie simply answered my original post by acknowledging the problem, your accusation that I did not use appropriate "netiquette" is ridiculous. Posts like yours are a real problem of this forum.
I simply gave a user story example to show that not for everybody the shiny advertised new features provide real benefits and that paying attention to a thorough implementation of features can be equally important. I think Julie has recognized this. And the issue is nothing for ongoing developments. Lightroom supports keywords with spaces, so it has to be done consequently. Keywording is essential for DAM. If keywording gets too tedious or leads to wrong keyword assignments, then DAM is really pointless.
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