Localization support for Metadata/Attributes in WebCenter Content

Question

Hi,
One of the Metadata/attributes for an WCC item is dDocTitle which can be supplied by user while creating the object in WCC.
Can the value of this metadata be localized for different locales?
TIA
-Nik

Answer 1

Yes, absolutely.
Actually, since you want to localize a standard metadata field, it will already be customized for you (just log in a different language). You might want to adjust the translation. There are several way how to achieve that:
a) the translation is defined in language files. It used to be .htm, but in 11g the file extension has been changed. A language file has a structure as follows:
<@key=translation@>, the keys mostly follow a pattern like wwXyz (e.g. wwDocTitle).
Unfortunately, sometimes the same string is displayed using keys - therefore, you need to find which key is the right one for a page you want to customize.
If you find it, you may want to create your own custom component with a html resource, where you can override the translation with your own strings. It is a bit trickier if you want to do it for several languages at once (then, the language is taken from the name of the file, or the key can be a bit more complex - you will find examples for that in your system)
b) Another way how to change the displayed label is a rule (profile). This can be useful, if you want to use the same metadata field differently in a different context (e.g. there is a field called "Address", but you want to display "Company Address" for company-related items, and "Personal Address" for person-related items)
c) (not relevant to your question) for custom fields you can also override the displayed label in Configuration Manager. If you want to have them localised, you will have to use a key and provide the translations.